Calvin Palmer

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Calvin Palmer, the United Kingdom midfielder, made 86 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 10 times, averaging 0.12 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 1968-69, with 8 goals.

Figures are from our match-by-match data, densest from 2010 onward.

Calvin Ian Palmer (21 October 1940 – 12 March 2014) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Crewe Alexandra , Nottingham Forest , Sunderland and Stoke City . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Palmer began his career with Nottingham Forest making 101 appearances in six seasons at the City Ground before joining Stoke City in September 1963 for £30,000. He impressed for Stoke due to his high energy levels and was on the verge of gaining an international call up but he gained a reputation for off the field confrontations after a training ground 'bust up' with Maurice Setters . He was sold to Sunderland in February 1968 but did not get along with manager Alan Brown and left for South African football with Cape Town City , Hellenic , Durban United and Berea Park . In between his time in South Africa he turned out for Crewe Alexandra and Hereford United .Wikipedia

Position
MF
Nationality
United Kingdom
Birthplace
Skegness
Born
21 Oct 1940
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Career
Nottingham Forest F.C. (1958–63)Stoke City F.C. (1963–67)Sunderland A.F.C. (1967–70)Cape Town City F.C. (1970–70)Hellenic F.C. (1971–71)Crewe Alexandra F.C. (1971–72)Hereford United F.C. (1972–72)Durban United F.C. (1972–72)Berea Park F.C. (1973–75)
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Sunderland career (from season records)
86
Appearances
10
Goals

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Goals per season across 3 seasonsgoals per season
SeasonAppsGoalsMins
1969-70140
1968-69588
1967-68142

Appearances counted as matches started or come on as substitute. Figures from recorded season totals — we hold no match-by-match data for this era.

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