Ken Wallace (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Robert Wallace[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Islington, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1971 | West Ham United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1972 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 1971 | → Montreal Olympique (loan) | 22 | (8) |
| 1972 | → Brentford (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1972 | → Montreal Olympique (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 1972–1973 | Hereford United | 32 | (4) |
| 1973–1974 | Exeter City | 10 | (1) |
| 1974–1975 | Dover | (4) | |
| Maidstone United | |||
| Crawley Town | |||
| 1980–1981 | Welling United | ||
| 1981–1982 | Chelmsford City | 16 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kenneth Robert Wallace (born 8 June 1952) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Hereford United, Exeter City and Brentford.[1] He was the scorer of Hereford United's first-ever Football League goal in 1972.[2]
Personal life[edit]
After his retirement from football, Wallace settled in Bexleyheath.[3]
Career statistics[edit]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Montreal Olympique (loan) | 1971[4] | North American Soccer League | 22 | 8 | — | — | — | 22 | 8 | |||
| Brentford (loan) | 1971–72[5] | Fourth Division | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Montreal Olympique (loan) | 1972[4] | North American Soccer League | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | |||
| Total | 31 | 10 | — | — | — | 31 | 10 | |||||
| Hereford United | 1972–73[6] | Fourth Division | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7[a] | 2 | 41 | 6 |
| Career total | 66 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 75 | 16 | ||
- ^ 2 appearances and 1 goal in Welsh Cup, 1 appearance and 1 goal in Worcestershire Senior Cup, 1 appearance in Southern League Cup, 1 appearance in Len Weston Cup, 1 appearance in Herefordshire Senior Cup.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 164. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ "Guinan praises Bulls team-mates". BBC Sport. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Where Are They Now? Brentford Division Four promotion-winners 1971–72". The League Paper. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Ken Wallace". NASL. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 391. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ "Wallace, Ken". The Unofficial Hereford United Online Archive. 10 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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- 1952 births
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Living people
- Footballers from the London Borough of Islington
- People from Islington (district)
- Men's association football forwards
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Montreal Olympique players
- Hereford United F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Exeter City F.C. players
- English expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Dover F.C. players
- Maidstone United F.C. (1897) players
- Crawley Town F.C. players
- Welling United F.C. players
- Chelmsford City F.C. players
- English football forward, 1950s birth stubs