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Wilf Nixon
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Full name Wilfred Nixon
Date of birth (1882-10-22)22 October 1882
Place of birth Workington, England
Date of death April 1985 (1985-05) (aged 102)
Height 6 ft 0 in
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1903 Newcastle United 0 (0)
Hexham
Carlisle United
Wallsend Park Villa
Haltwhistle Black Diamond
Newburn
1912–1920 Fulham 27 (0)
1915–1916 Queens Park Rangers (guest) 11 (0)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Wilfred Nixon (22 October 1882 – April 1985) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Fulham as a goalkeeper.

Personal life

Robson served with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. He was captured by the Germans in Oppy on 28 April 1917. He was the interned as a prisoner of war.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 1914–15 Second Division 19 0 2 0 21 0
Career total 19 0 2 0 21 0
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