Player #516
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Career Status:
1966-67
1970-71
Retired
Dave Rudge
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1965-71 🕒 60 | 53 (7) | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 10 | 🇺 5 | #516 |
Season :
1965-66 | 1966-67 | 1967-68 | 1968-69 | 1969-70 | 1970-71 |
Age :
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
Division :
D1 | D1 | D2 | D2 | D2 | D3 |
Squad # :
# | # | # | # | # | # |
Appearances :
0 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 0 |
Starts :
0 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 0 |
Substitute :
0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Unused :
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Goals :
0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Assists :
0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Involvements :
0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Games / Goal :
0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 11.00 | 4.25 | 0.00 |
Bookings :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sendings Off :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
David Harry Rudge
Birth Date
21 January 1948
Birth Place
Wolverhampton
Birth Country
England
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
England
Villa Youth
1965-66 Aston Villa Youth
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
1965-66 Aston Villa Youth
Football League First Division
Original Transfer
Aged
17
From
Aston Villa Youth
For
Youth
On
1 May 1965
Under
Dick Taylor 🏴
Returning Transfer 1
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Returning Transfer 2
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
24
Hereford United
£6,000
August 1972
Vic Crowe 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
1972-75 Hereford United, £6k
Football League Fourth Division, Third Division
🕒 82 | 75 (7) | ⚽ 8 | (League)
1975-76 Torquay United
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 64 | 60 (4) | ⚽ 4 | (League)
1976 Retired aged 28
Died
24 August 2022, Aged 74
Dave Rudge
Villa Career
1965-71 | Youth |
1965-67 Football League First Division, 1967-70 Football League Second Division, 1970-71 Football League Third Division,
🕒 60 | 53 (7) | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 10 | 🇺 5 | #516 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Dick Taylor 🏴 1966-67
Tommy Cummings 🏴 1967-68
Tommy Docherty 🏴 1968-70
Vic Crowe 🏴 1970
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
July 1966
Under
Dick Taylor 🏴
First Squad
2 October 1965
Manager
Dick Taylor 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1966-67
27 August 1966
Arsenal (a), Division One
18
Dick Taylor 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1970-71
31 January 1970
Preston North End (a), Division Two
22
Vic Crowe 🏴
Final Squad
24 April 1971
Manager
Vic Crowe 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
Dave Rudge
Player #515 for Aston Villa, David Harry Rudge, known as Dave Rudge played as a midfielder for the club. Dave played for Villa between 1965-66 and 1969-70 making 60 appearances and scoring 10 goals.
Dave was born in Wolverhampton on 21 January 1948 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 27 August 1966 aged 18.
Villa had signed Dave from Wolverhampton and District Boys and he signed professional forms with the club on 1 May 1965.
Dave was a regular feature of the first team in the Division Two seasons from 1967 to 1970 and played his final game for Villa on Saturday, 31 January 1970 - still aged only 20 - in a season which ended with relegation to the third tier for the first time in Villa’s history,
Dave moved on to Hereford United on 1 August 1972 for a fee of £6,000 having not made an appearance for Villa for 2 and a half years during which Villa had regained promotion to Division Two.
Dave had played under Villa managers Dick Taylor, Tommy Cummings, Tommy Docherty and Vic Crowe.