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Dave Helliwell
David in the 1970s
Personal information
Full name David Helliwell
Date of birth (1948-03-28)28 March 1948
Place of birth Blackburn, England
Date of death 22 March 2003(2003-03-22) (aged 54)
Place of death Blackburn, England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
19??–1966 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1969 Blackburn Rovers 15 (1)
1969–1970 Lincoln City 13 (1)
1970–1976 Workington 189 (20)
1976–1977 Rochdale 31 (3)
1977-1978 Morecambe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Helliwell (28 March 1948 – 22 March 2003) was an English professional footballer who made 257 appearances with 25 goals scored in the Football League, playing as a winger for Blackburn Rovers, Lincoln City, Workington and Rochdale. He also played non-league football for Morecambe.

Helliwell was born in 1948 in Blackburn, Lancashire, and died there in 2003 at the age of 54.

Career

In 1969, at the age of 21, he was signed for Lincoln City by manager Ron Gray for a fee of £4,000. In the previous season, when Jim Smith moved to Boston United as player-manager, Helliwell got an other new signing midfield partner Billy Taylor from Nottingham Forest.

In the first game of the 1969/70 season against Colchester United at Sincil Bank, Helliwell made his City debut alongside Taylor.

During the summer of 1970, Helliwell was released on a free transfer joining Workington, played around 200 games for the Cumbrian side, scoring 21 goals, and was featured against City over the next five seasons. After getting a free transfer prior to Workington's last season in the League, he then spent a year with Rochdale before joining Morecambe side for Northern Premier League in 1977.

References

  1. ^ "Dave Helliwell". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  2. "Player search". The English National Football Archive. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. "Looking Back At: David Helliwell | The Stacey West". 3 November 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

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