Norman Findlay

Norman Findlay
Personal information
Full name	Norman Findlay
Date of birth	1890
Place of birth	Walker, England
Date of death	1949 (aged 58–59)
Place of death	Ealing, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Newcastle City
0000–1914	Blyth Spartans
1914–1919	Heart of Midlothian
1915–1916	→ Walker Celtic (guest)
1921–1926	Coventry City
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norman Findlay (1890–1949) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Coventry City.^[1]^[5]

Personal life[edit]

Findlay worked as a carpenter in the shipyards.^[3] He served as a corporal in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War.^[6] Findlay was not deployed to the Western Front and was released from the army in September 1916 to work in the Newcastle shipyards.^[3]^[7] He later moved to Isleworth and worked repairing barges on the Thames.^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Coventry City	1921–22^[8]	Second Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
Coventry City	1925–26^[8]	Third Division North	7	0	0	0	7	0
Career total			9	0	0	0	9	0

^ ^a ^b Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 98. ISBN 9781905891610.
^ "Norman Findlay – Hearts Career – from 24 Aug 1914 to 24 Aug 1914". London Hearts. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Purdie, Tom (15 August 2014). Hearts at War 1914–1919. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-3334-3.
^ "The lure of promotion. Coventry City". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
^ "The Heart of Midlothian FC Players' Roll of Honour" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "The Sporting Battalion". McCraes Battalion Trust. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Norman Findlay". 11v11.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

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