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Player #527

From:

To:

Career Status:

1967-68

1970-71

Retired

Appearances:

118

Starts:

118

Goals:

0

Assists:

0

Involvements:

0

John Dunn

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Goalkeeper

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

John Dunn

Seasons Quick-View

1968-71 🕒 118 | 118 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #527 |

Season :

1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71

Age :

23
24
25
26

Division :

D2
D2
D2
D3

Squad # :

#
#
#
#

Appearances :

8
40
16
54

Starts :

8
40
16
54

Substitute :

0
0
0
0

Unused :

0
0
0
0

Goals :

0
0
0
0

Assists :

0
0
0
0

Involvements :

0
0
0
0

Games / Goal :

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

Bookings :

0
0
0
0

Sendings Off :

0
0
0
0

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

John Alfred Dunn

Birth Date

21 June 1944

Birth Place

London

Birth Country

England

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

1962-66 Chelsea
Football League Second Division, First Division
🕒 13 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1966-68 Torquay United
Football League Third Division
🕒 44 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

Original Transfer

Aged

23

From

Torquay United

For

£8,000

On

January 1968

Under

Tommy Cummings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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

27

Charlton Athletic

Free

July 1971

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

1971-75 Charlton Athletic
Football League Second Division, Third Division
🕒 104 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1975 Retired aged 31

John Dunn

Villa Career

1968-71 | £8k |
1968-70 Football League Second Division, 1970-71 Football League Third Division,
🕒 118 | 118 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #527 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

Tommy Cummings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1968
Arthur Cox 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1968
Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1968-70
Vic Crowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 1970-71

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

Transfer In

Under

Tommy Cummings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

First Squad

20 January 1968

Manager

Transfer In

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1967-68

20 January 1968

Oldham Athletic (h), Division Two

23

Tommy Cummings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1970-71

1 May 1971

Wrexham (h), Division Three

26

Vic Crowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Final Squad

1 May 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

John Dunn

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Player #526 for Aston Villa, John Alfred Dunn known as John Dunn played as a goalkeeper for the club

Between 1967-68 and 1970-71 John made 118 appearances for Villa.

John was born in Barking on 21 June 1944 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 20 January 1968 aged 23.

Villa had signed John from Torquay United for £8,000 in January 1968 and in total he played for Villa for 4 seasons.

John became the first player signed from Torquay United since Wally Harris in 1925.

Prior to his time at Torquay John had been understudy to Chelsea’s Peter Bonnetti but found far more opportunity in a struggling Villa side and by his second season he was de facto first choice ‘keeper for Villa having started his Villa career behind Colin Withers.

John was the 63rd custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football and across his 118 games he conceded 128 goals at an excellent ratio of 1.08 whilst keeping 40 clean sheets - over a third of his games.

John made his final appearance for Villa on Saturday, 1 May 1971 aged 26 before moving on to Charlton Athletic in July 1971 aged 27.

John played under Villa managers Dick Taylor, Tommy Cummings, Tommy Docherty and Vic Crowe.

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