Johnny Gordon

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Johnny Gordon
Full name	John Duncan Sinclair Gordon
Date of birth	September 11, 1931
Place of birth	Portsmouth, England
Date of death	May 26, 2001 (aged 69)
Place of death	Portsmouth, England
Playing position	Inside-forward
Youth clubs
1947–1949	Portsmouth
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1949–1958 1958–1961 1961–1967 1967–	Portsmouth Birmingham City Portsmouth Chelmsford City	209 0(69) 096 0(32) 234 0(37)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Duncan Sinclair "Johnny" Gordon (born September 11, 1931 in Portsmouth) was an English professional footballer who played for Portsmouth and Birmingham City in the First Division as an inside-forward.

He made a total of 489 appearances for home-town club Portsmouth, placing him fourth in their all-time appearances list. During his three seasons at Birmingham City he was the club's top scorer in 1959–60, became their all-time top goalscorer in European competition, and played in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1958-60 final against FC Barcelona. On his return to Portsmouth he helped them to the Third Division championship in 1961–62.

[edit] Honours

with Portsmouth
- Club's top League scorer 1957.
- Third Division champions 1962.
with Birmingham City
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup runners-up 1960.
- Club's top scorer 1960.
- Club's all-time European top scorer.

[edit] References

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
Neil Brown's statistics site.

Persondata
NAME	Gordon, John Duncan Sinclair
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gordon, Johnny
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1931-09-11
PLACE OF BIRTH	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
DATE OF DEATH	2001-05-26
PLACE OF DEATH	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England