Ronnie Blackman
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ronald Henry Blackman | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Cosham, England | ||
| Date of death | 16 February 2016 (aged 90) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Gosport Borough | |||
| 1946–1954 | Reading | 218 | (158) |
| 1954–1955 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | (3) |
| 1955–1958 | Ipswich Town | 27 | (12) |
| Tonbridge | |||
| Total | 256 | (173) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ronald Henry Blackman, known as Ronnie or Ron Blackman (2 April 1925 – 16 February 2016) was a British professional footballer who is the all-time leading league goalscorer for Reading.
Blackman joined Reading in 1946 from Gosport Borough, making his debut for Reading with a 5–2 defeat v Bristol City. In the second half of the 1948/49 season, Blackman became a regular goal scorer, scoring the three goals in the 3–0 win v Leyton Orient on 12 February at Elm Park, in the Reading team that finished second to Swansea in the old Third Division (south). His goalscoring form continued and in the 1950/51 season he scored three of the four goals in the 4–2 win v Bristol City on 23 March.
Blackman played a vital role in the Reading team that finished second in the 1951/52 old Third Division, narrowly missing out on promotion. Towards the end of that season, within the space of three weeks, Blackman scored a total of 10 goals at Elm Park – including five goals against Southend United on 14 April and four against Bournemouth on 3 May to end the season on a high note. He scored 39 league goals that season and another goal in the FA Cup, a league club record which has yet to be equalled six decades later, although Trevor Senior edged ahead by scoring 41 goals in all competitions in 1983–84.[1]
In 1953, Blackman left Reading to join Nottingham Forest with the club record for the number of League goals scored – 158.
Blackman died on 16 February 2016.[2] A minutes applause was held in his honour before Reading's FA Cup tie with West Bromwich Albion on 19 February 2016.
References
External links
- Ronnie Blackman, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
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