Norman Dodgin

Norman Dodgin

Personal information
Date of birth	(1921-11-01)1 November 1921
Place of birth	Gateshead, England
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1950	Newcastle United	84	(1)
1950–1951	Reading	13	(1)
1951–1953	Northampton Town	19	(1)
1953–1955	Exeter City	33	(1)
Total		149[1]	(4)
Managerial career
1953–1957	Exeter City
1957	Yeovil Town
1957–1958	Barrow
1958–1960	Oldham Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norman Dodgin (born 1 November 1921 in Gateshead - August 2000) was an English footballer who played between 1947 and 1955. His predominant position was at defence.

Dodgin became a player-manager in 1953 while playing for Exeter City, until his retirement from playing in 1955, at which point he became a full-time manager. He was also a manager at Barrow from 1957 to 1958, and at Oldham Athletic between 1958 and 1960.

Norman was the brother of Bill Dodgin Sr. and the uncle of Bill Dodgin Jr., both of whom were professional footballers and football managers.[2]

Dodgin died in August 2000. Evidence of this can be found in the Family Records Centre BMD Index & the Rothmans Football Yearbook 2001/2002 Obituaries Page

Managerial record

Club	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	%
Exeter City	1 April 1953	30 April 1957	199	62	50	87	31.16
Barrow	24 July 1957	May 1958	46	13	15	18	28.26
Oldham Athletic	1 July 1958	1 May 1960	97	27	17	53	27.84
Total			342	102	82	158	29.82

References

1. "Norman Dodgin". Retrieved 19 July 2008.
2. "1953-1957 Norman Dodgin". The Grecian Archive. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

External links

• Norman Dodgin management career statistics at Soccerbase