- Vic Watson
Infobox Football biography
playername = Vic Watson
fullname = Victor Martin Watson
height =
dateofbirth = birth date|1897|11|10|df=y
cityofbirth =Girton, Cambridgeshire
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1988|8|3|1897|11|10|df=y
cityofdeath =Girton, Cambridgeshire
countryofdeath =England
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position =Centre forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = ?-1920
1924-1939
1935-1936
clubs = Wellingborough Town
West Ham United
Southampton
caps(goals) =
462 (298) [Cite web|url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=673&united=Victor_Watson|title=Vic Watson: West Ham Statistics]
036 0(14)
nationalyears = 1923-1930
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 005 00(4)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Victor Martin Watson (b. 10 November 1897
Girton, Cambridgeshire , d. 3 August 1988Girton, 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 9 February 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 died in August 1988 at the age of 90.
References
*cite book |last=Hogg |first=Tony |title=Who's Who of West Ham United |year=2005 |publisher=Profile Sports Media| id= ISBN 1 903135 50 8 |pages=211
External links
* [http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=1030 Victor Watson profile] at englandfc.com
* [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WHwatsonV.htm Vic Watson photos]
* [http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=673&united=Victor_Watson West Ham statistics]
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