Nicky Jennings
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Nicholas Jennings (18 January 1946 – 4 June 2016) was an English professional footballer whose 15-year career ran from the early 1960s[1] to the mid-1970s.[2]
Born in Wellington, Somerset[3] he played nearly 100 league games for his first club Plymouth Argyle. A speedy winger,[4] he moved to Portsmouth in January 1967 and was to prove such a popular player that in 1971 he was awarded the title of Portsmouth Player of the Year.[5] In all he made over 200 appearances for Portsmouth[6] (and 4 during a loan spell at Aldershot) before moving to Exeter City on a free transfer[7] in the 1974 close season, making his final league appearance in 1978. Jennings also played the summer of 1973 in the NASL with the Dallas Tornado.[8] He was named an All-Star Honorable Mention and help Dallas to the league final, which they lost 0–2.
Jennings died on Saturday 4 June 2016 at the age of 70.[9]
References
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- ↑ "Rothmans Football Year Book,1970–71" Peskett,R/Williams,T: Harpenden, QAP,1970 Template:ISBN
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- ↑ "Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club" Cooper,M/ Neasom,M/ Robinson,D: Portsmouth, Milestone Publications, 1984 Template:ISBN
- ↑ "The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946–98" Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 Template:ISBN
- ↑ "Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball" Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 Template:ISBN
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