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

| birth_date = c. 1912<ref name="kent"/>

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

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'''Roderick Ernest Welsh''' (born c. 1912; date of –death ''unknown'') was an [[English people|English]] [[Association football|footballer]].

==Playing career==

Welsh played for Dipton United, [[Annfield Plain F.C.|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.<ref Atname="kent">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port heVale struggled,Personalities|publisher=Witan appearingBooks|page=305|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}}</ref> onlyHe intermittentlymade 20 [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] and three [[FA Cup]] appearances in the [[1935–36 Port Vale F.C. season|1935–36]] relegation season, and breakingbroke an [[ankle]] at thea 1–0 win over [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] at [[The Dell (Southampton)|The Dell]] on 31 March 1936.<ref name="kent"/> He played 17 [http://www.statto.com/football/stats/results/1936-03-30[Football League Third Division North|Third Division North]] Fixturegames datein Southamptonthe 0-1[[1936–37 Port Vale</ref> HeF.C. returnedseason|1936–37]] powerfullyseason inand Augustthen 1936played and27 appearedleague frequentlygames untilin hethe was[[1937–38 droppedPort inVale FebruaryF.C. 1938season|1937–38]] andseason.<ref name="kent"/> He was given a [[free transfer (football)|freeaway transferfrom [[The Old Recreation Ground]] in May that year1938.<ref>{{cite book|lastname=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=305|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}}<"kent"/ref>

He was also a professional cyclist in England.

==References==

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