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Ken Mellor
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Edward Mellor
Date of birth (1934-08-22)22 August 1934
Place of birth Leicester, England
Date of death 6 January 2021(2021-01-06) (aged 86)
Place of death Leicester, England
Position(s) Defender, Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1955 Ashwell & Nesbitt
1955–1956 Leicester City 0 (0)
1957–1959 Mansfield Town 66 (0)
1959–1961 Swindon Town 32 (4)
1962–1964 Hinckley Athletic
1964–1966 Rugby Town
1966 Hinckley Athletic
Total 98 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Edward Mellor (22 August 1934 – 6 January 2021) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Mansfield Town and Swindon Town. Ken caught the eye of Leicester City scouts as a striker, scoring 99 goals in one season with Ashwell & Nesbitt, a works team from Barkby Road in Leicester. He was released by Leicester City without playing a first team game and was converted to a central defender by Mansfield Town manager Charlie Mitten due to his aerial ability.

Mellor died in Leicester on 6 January 2021, at the age of 86.

References

  1. ^ Ken Mellor at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. "Ken Mellor". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  3. "Kenneth Edward Mellor". Funeral Notices. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2024.


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