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Player #516

From:

To:

Career Status:

1966-67

1970-71

Retired

Appearances:

60

Starts:

53

Goals:

10

Assists:

10

Involvements:

20

Dave Rudge

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Midfielder

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Dave Rudge

Seasons Quick-View

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1970-71

31 January 1970

Preston North End (a), Division Two

22

Vic Crowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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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

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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.

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