Joe Rutherford
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox football biography Joe Rutherford (20 September 1920 – 27 December 1994) was a footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Southport and Aston Villa.
Born in Fatfield, County Durham, Rutherford played as a youth for Chester-le-Street Schools, Chester-le-Street Juniors, Fatfield Juniors, Chester Moor Temperance, Ferryhill, Blyth Spartans and Chester-le-Street, and had trials at West Ham United and Reading, before joining Birtley Colliery. He joined Southport in October 1936.[1][2]
Rutherford joined Aston Villa in February 1939 and played in 156 league and cup matches, retiring in 1951. During the Second World War, he played in several games as a guest, for Margate, playing one game in 1939–40, Solihull Town, Nottingham Forest, Lincoln City and Mansfield Town, but these are not counted in official league records and tallies.[2]
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- 1994 deaths
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- People from Fatfield
- Sportspeople from the City of Sunderland
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- Footballers from County Durham
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- English Football League players
- Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players
- Southport F.C. players
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. wartime guest players
- Lincoln City F.C. wartime guest players
- Mansfield Town F.C. wartime guest players
- 20th-century English sportsmen