Vic Watson

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Vic Watson
Personal information
Full name	Victor Martin Watson
Date of birth	10 November 1897(1897-11-10)
Place of birth	Girton, Cambridgeshire, England
Date of death	3 August 1988 (aged 90)
Place of death	Girton, Cambridgeshire, England
Playing position	Centre forward
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
?-1920 1924-1939 1935-1936	Wellingborough Town West Ham United Southampton	462 (298)[1] 036 0(14)
National team
1923-1930	England	005 00(4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Victor Martin Watson (b. 10 November 1897 Girton, Cambridgeshire, d. 3 August 1988 Girton, Cambridgeshire) was an English footballer who played most of his club football for West Ham United.

Watson, a centre forward, played 505 times for West Ham between 1920 and 1936. The club paid just £50 for Vic from Wellingborough, bringing him in to provide cover for Syd Puddefoot.

Vic Watson is the club's record goalscorer with 326 goals, a feat unlikely to be bettered in the modern era. He once scored six, in an 8-2 home win against Leeds on February 9, 1929, scored four goals on three occasions, and managed 13 hat-tricks while at West Ham.

Watson gained two international caps with England in 1923 and a further three caps in 1930, scoring 4 goals in total, including 2 against Scotland in the 1930 British Home Championship.

He spent one season (1935-36) with Southampton before retiring and he was the club's top scorer with 14 goals in 36 league appearances.

Upon retiring, he became a market gardener in Girton. He lived to be 90 years old.

[edit] References

• Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media, 211. ISBN 1 903135 50 8. 

[edit] External links

• Victor Watson profile at englandfc.com
• Vic Watson photos
• West Ham statistics

Awards
Preceded by Dave Halliday	First Division top scorer 1929–30	Succeeded by Tom Waring