Micky Block
Michael John Block (28 January 1940 – 12 December 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a right winger. He made nearly 200 Football League appearances for Chelsea, Brentford and Watford over a 10-year period.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michael John Block[1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 January 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Ipswich, England | ||
Date of death | 12 December 2019 79)[2] | (aged||
Place of death | London, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1955–1957 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1957–1962 | Chelsea | 37 | (6) |
1962–1966 | Brentford | 146 | (30) |
1966–1967 | Watford | 13 | (2) |
1967–1969 | Chelmsford City | ||
Total | 196 | (38) | |
International career | |||
England Youth | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Career
Born in Ipswich, Block began his career with the youth team at First Division club Chelsea and played in both legs of the 1958 FA Youth Cup Final.[1][4][5] Block progressed to the Chelsea first team and made 40 appearances and scored six goals between 1957 and 1962.[3]
Block left Chelsea for Brentford for £5,000 in January 1962.[6] While with Brentford, he was the provider of assists for many goals scored by the club's all-international frontline of Johnny Brooks, Billy McAdams and John Dick.[7] He later played for Watford,[8] before dropping into non-League football with Chelmsford City in 1967.[8]
Honours
Brentford
Individual
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chelsea | 1957–58[3] | First Division | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 4 | ||
1958–59[3] | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 16 | 1 | |||
1959–60[3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
1960–61[3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
1961–62[3] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 6 | ||
Brentford | 1961–62[9] | Third Division | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | 20 | 2 | |||
1962–63[9] | Fourth Division | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 45 | 8 | ||
1963–64[9] | Third Division | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 45 | 15 | ||
1964–65[9] | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 3 | |||
1965–66[9] | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 7 | |||
Total | 146 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 164 | 30 | |||
Watford | 1966–67[8] | Third Division | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
Career total | 196 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 217 | 38 |
- Appearance in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
References
- "Micky Block". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- Ancestry.com. England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2019 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
- "Micky Block – Chelsea Player Profile". Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- "Chelsea 5–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1957–58 FA Youth Cup Final)". TheChels.info – The Chelsea Football Club Wiki. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- "Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–1 Chelsea (1957–58 FA Youth Cup Final)". TheChels.info – The Chelsea Football Club Wiki. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 22. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- Brentford Football Club Official Matchday Magazine versus Barnsley. 11 March 2006. p. 54.
- "Players – Battocchio to Bolton" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 386–388. ISBN 0951526200.
- Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.