Joe Pointon

Joe Pointon
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Pointon
Date of birth	1 February 1905
Place of birth	Leek, Staffordshire, England
Date of death	1939 (aged 33–34)
Place of death	Leek, Staffordshire, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Leek Wesleyans
	Leek National
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Congleton Town
1922–1923	Stoke
1923–1926	Port Vale
1926–1928	Luton Town
1928–1929	Brighton & Hove Albion
1929–1930	Torquay United
1930–1931	Bristol Rovers
1931–1932	Walsall
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Pointon (1 February 1905 – 1939) was an English footballer who played as a forward.

Career[edit]

Pointon played for non-League football for Leek Wesleyans, Leek National, and Congleton Town, before signing with Stoke.^[1] He did not feature for the "Potters" however, and so crossed the Potteries divide to join Port Vale as an amateur in April 1923.^[1] He played six consecutive Second Division games during the 1923–24 season, filling in for the regular number 7 Jack Lowe.^[1] He played four games during the 1925–26 season, but was released upon its conclusion.^[1] He moved on to Luton Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Torquay United, Bristol Rovers and Walsall.^[1] He was Torquay's top scorer during the 1929–30 Third Division South season, with sixteen goals.^[3] He died young in 1939, in his native Leek.^[1]

Source:^[4]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1923–24	Second Division	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	1924–25	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1925–26	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Luton Town	1926–27	Third Division South	33	4	3	1	0	0	36	5
	1927–28	Third Division South	32	8	3	0	0	0	35	8
	Total		65	12	6	1	0	0	71	13
Brighton & Hove Albion	1928–29	Third Division South	16	5	0	0	0	0	16	5
Torquay United	1929–30	Third Division South	27	18	1	0	0	0	28	18
Bristol Rovers	1930–31	Third Division South	9	1	2	0	0	0	11	1
Walsall	1931–32	Third Division South	17	4	0	0	1	1	18	5
Career total			144	40	9	1	1	1	154	42

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 233. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ "The lure of promotion. Port Vale". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
^ Leigh Edwards (March 1997). The definitive Torquay United F.C. The Association of Football Statisticians. ISBN 1-899468-09-9.
^ Joe Pointon at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)