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Joe Dumighan

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Joe Dumighan
Personal information
Full name Joseph Dumighan[1]
Date of birth (1938-09-25) 25 September 1938 (age 86)[1]
Place of birth Quebec, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Mackays S.C.
Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1958 Sunderland 0 (0)
1958–1959 Darlington 4 (1)
Horden Colliery Welfare
South Shields
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Dumighan (born 25 September 1938) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for Darlington.[2]

Dumighan was born in Quebec, County Durham.[1] As a youngster, he played for the works team of Mackay's carpet factory in Durham[3] before joining Sunderland. He never played for their first team, and moved on to Darlington. After four appearances and one goal in the Fourth Division,[1] he moved on to Horden Colliery Welfare and South Shields of the North Eastern League.[3]

Dumighan played cricket at County League level, and retained an involvement with football as a scout for Leeds, then Darlington then for 20 years at Sunderland retiring during 2016.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
  2. ^ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Cricket is caught out by the virus". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 31 March 2001. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.