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{{Short description|English footballer (1908 – 1991)}}

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| playername = Roderick Welsh

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| fullname = Roderick Ernest Welsh<ref name="kent"/>

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1908|8|26}}<ref name="ENFA">{{ENFA}}</ref>

| dateofbirth = c. 1912

| cityofbirth birth_place = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England<ref name="kent"/>

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1991|||1908|8|26}}<ref name="ENFA"/>

| countryofbirth = [[England]]

| height = 5 ft 8 in<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-sunday-dispatch-football/134154879/ |title=Port Vale. Famous coach |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |___location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=xvi |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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| position = [[Defender (association football)|Full-back]]

| youthyears1 = 1929–1930| youthclubs1 = Dipton United

| youthyears2 = 1930–1931| youthclubs2 = [[Annfield Plain F.C.|Annfield Plain]]

| years1 = 1931–1932| clubs1 = [[Durham City A.F.C.|Durham City]]| caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1932–1935| clubs2 = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]| caps2 = 1| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1935&ndash;19381935–1938| clubs3 = [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]| caps3 = 64| goals3 = 0

| totalcaps = 64+| totalgoals = 0+

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'''Roderick Ernest Welsh''' (26 August 1908 – 1991) was an English [[Association football|footballer]]. His great-grandson, [[Matthew Dallman]], also became a professional footballer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matthew Dallman - 2006 Men's Soccer|url=http://www.portlandpilots.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=640|accessdate=17 November 2016}}</ref>

'''Roderick Ernest Welsh''' (c. 1912 - ''unknown'') was an [[English people|English]] [[Football (soccer)|footballer]].

==Playing careerCareer==

Welsh played for Dipton United, [[Annfield Plain F.C.|Annfield Plain]] and [[Durham City A.F.C.|Durham City]]. He played one [[Football League First Division|First Division]] game for [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] on 6 May 1933.<ref>{{cite web |title=profile |url=http://pompeyrama.com/pompey-fc-players-722-Roderick-Welsh.html |website=pompeyrama.com |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref> He joined [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] in May 1935.<ref name="kent">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=305|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}}</ref> He made 20 [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] and three [[FA Cup]] appearances in the [[1935–36 Port Vale F.C. season|1935–36]] [[promotion and relegation|relegation]] season, and [[Ankle fracture|broke an ankle]] at a 1–0 win over [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] at [[The Dell (Southampton)|The Dell]] on 31 March.<ref name="kent"/> He played 17 [[Football League Third Division North|Third Division North]] games in the [[1936–37 Port Vale F.C. season|1936–37]] season and then played 27 league games in the [[1937–38 Port Vale F.C. season|1937–38]] season.<ref name="kent"/> He was given a [[Free transfer (association football)|free transfer]] away from the [[Old Recreation Ground]] in May 1938.<ref name="kent"/>

Welsh played for Dipton United, Annfield Plain, [[Durham City A.F.C.|Durham City]] and [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] before joining [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] in May 1935. At first he struggled, appearing only intermittently and breaking an [[ankle]] at the 1-0 win at Southampton on 31 August 1935. He returned powerfully in August 1936 and appeared frequently until he was dropped in February 1938 and was given a [[free transfer (football)|free transfer]] in May that year.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=305|date=1996|isbn=0952915200|url=http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="ENFA"/>

|-

!rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

|-

!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals

|-

|[[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]

|[[1932–33 Portsmouth F.C. season|1932–33]]

|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]

|1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0

|-

|rowspan="4"|[[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]

|[[1935–36 Port Vale F.C. season|1935–36]]

|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]

|20||0||3||0||0||0||23||0

|-

|[[1936–37 Port Vale F.C. season|1936–37]]

|[[Football League Third Division North|Third Division North]]

|17||0||1||0||3||0||21||0

|-

|[[1937–38 Port Vale F.C. season|1937–38]]

|Third Division North

|27||0||2||0||2||0||31||0

|-

!colspan="2"|Total

!64!!0!!6!!0!!5!!0!!75!!0

|}

==References==

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[[Category:19121908 births]]

[[Category:Year1991 of death missingdeaths]]

[[Category:PeopleFootballers from Newcastle upon Tyne]]

[[Category:English men's footballers]]

[[Category:AssociationMen's association football defendersfull-backs]]

[[Category:TheAnnfield FootballPlain LeagueF.C. players]]

[[Category:Durham City A.F.C. players]]

[[Category:Portsmouth F.C. players]]

[[Category:Port Vale F.C. players]]

[[Category:English Football League players]]

[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]