Reg Stewart (footballer, born 1925)

Reg Stewart
Personal information
Full name Reginald Stewart
Date of birth (1925-10-30)30 October 1925
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 6 March 2011(2011-03-06) (aged 85)
Playing position Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1949 Sheffield Wednesday 6 (0)
1949–1957 Colchester United 268 (2)
1957–? Hastings United ? (?)
?–? Clacton Town ? (?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Reginald "Reg" Stewart (30 October 1925 – 6 March 2011) was an English footballer who played as a centre half in The Football League.

Career

Born in Sheffield, Stewart played for Sheffield Wednesday and Colchester United in the Football League from 1946 until 1957, and with non-league clubs Hastings United and Clacton Town.[1]

A member of the first ever Colchester United side to play in a Football League game, Reg was an uncompromising central defender who came south from Sheffield Wednesday.

A regular in the heart of the defence for seven years, he played some 268 times for the U's before leaving to sign for Clacton Town.[2]

Honours

Club

Colchester United[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Reg Stewart". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Colchester United 2007/08 Committee Inductees". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Southern League Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Southern League Cup Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  • Reg Stewart at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  • Reg Stewart at Colchester United Archive Database


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