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English footballer and manager

Norman Rigby
Personal information
Full name	Norman Rigby
Date of birth	23 May 1923
Place of birth	Warsop, England
Date of death	21 August 2001(2001-08-21) (aged 78)
Place of death	Newark-on-Trent, England
Position(s)	Centre half, left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Ransome & Marles	0	(0)
0000–1944	Newark Town	0	(0)
1944–1951	Notts County	46	(0)
1951–1962	Peterborough United	382	(1)
1962–1964	Boston United
Managerial career
1967–1969	Peterborough United
	March Town United
	Bourne Town
1972–1978	Stamford
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norman Rigby (23 May 1923 – 21 August 2001) was an English professional footballer who made over 430 appearances as a centre half for Peterborough United. Rigby is a member of the club's Hall of Fame and in a Football League 125th anniversary poll was voted by the Peterborough United supporters as the club's fifth best-ever captain. He later managed Peterborough United and in non-League football.

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Notts County	1947–48	Third Division South	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	1948–49	Third Division South	5	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
	1949–50	Third Division South	36	0	0	0	—		—		36	0
	1950–51	Second Division	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	Total		46	0	0	0	—		—		46	0
Peterborough United	1951–52	Midland League	41	1	2	0	—		—		43	1
	1952–53	Midland League	37	0	8	3	—		2	0	47	3
	1953–54	Midland League	43	0	4	0	—		1	0	48	0
	1954–55	Midland League	43	0	1	0	—		—		44	0
	1955–56	Midland League	40	0	4	0	—		1	0	45	0
	1956–57	Midland League	43	0	6	0	—		2	0	51	0
	1957–58	Midland League	18	0	3	0	—		2	0	23	0
	1958–59	Midland League	34	0	6	0	—		1	0	41	0
	1959–60	Midland League	30	0	5	0	—		1	0	36	0
	1960–61	Fourth Division	39	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	43	0
	1961–62	Third Division	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	0
	Total		382	1	41	3	1	0	12	0	436	4
Career Total			382	1	41	3	1	0	12	0	436	4

^ Appearances in Huntingdonshire Premier Cup
^ Appearances in Maunsell Cup
Appearance in Bancroft Cup
Appearance in East Anglian Cup
^ Appearance in Northamptonshire Senior Cup

Honours

As a player

Notts County

Football League Third Division South: 1949–50

Peterborough United

Football League Fourth Division: 1960–61
Midland League: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60

As a manager

Stamford

United Counties League Premier Division: 1975–76, 1977–78
United Counties League Cup: 1975–76

As an individual

Peterborough United Hall of Fame

References

^ "Norman Rigby". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ "Norman Rigby's Biography". UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ "Peterborough United to officially launch a 'Hall of Fame'". Retrieved 28 April 2020.
"Peterborough United". Football League 125. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
"Notts County Season Stats". carouseldrivefootballs.on.drv.tw. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
"Notts County Season Stats". carouseldrivefootballs.on.drv.tw. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ "Notts County Season Stats". carouseldrivefootballs.on.drv.tw. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
"Notts County Season Stats". carouseldrivefootballs.on.drv.tw. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
Notts County F.C. at the Football Club History Database
^ Peterborough United F.C. at the Football Club History Database
^ "Stamford – South East Division". The BetVictor Northern Premier. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

v t e Peterborough United F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
Players	Adcock Bly Carmichael Charlery Clarke Cooper Cozens Deakin Donaldson Dougan Emery Farrell Gynn Hails Hair Hall Hill Luke McKenzie McNamee Price Quow Robson Seaman Smith Swindin Turner Welsh
Managers	Cantwell Halsall Rigby
Teams	1960–61 squad 1973–74 squad
Others	Jones

v t e Peterborough United F.C. – managers
Porter (1934–36) F. Taylor (1936–37) Poulter (1937–38) Haden (1938–48) Blood (1948–50) Gurney (1950–52) Fairbrother (1952–54) Swindin (1954–58) Hagan (1958–62) Anderson (1962) Fairbrother (1962–64) Anderson (1964) Clark (1964–67) Rigby (1967–69) Iley (1969–72) Cantwell (1972–77) Barnwell (1977–78) Hails (1978–79) Morris (1979–82) Wilkinson (1982–83) Wile (1983–86) Fuccillo (1986) Cantwell (1986–88) Jones (1988–89) Booth (1989) Lawrenson (1989–90) Booth (1990–91) Turner (1991–92) Fuccillo (1992–93) Turner (1993–94) Still (1994–95) Halsall (1995–96) Fry (1996–2005) Wright (2005–06) Bleasdale (2006) Fry (2006) Alexander (2006–07) T. Taylor (2007) Ferguson (2007–09) Cooper (2009–10) Gannon (2010) Johnson (2010–11) Oldfield (2011) Ferguson (2011–15) Robertson (2015) McCann (2015) Westley (2015–16) McCann (2016–18) Oldfield (2018) Evans (2018–19) Ferguson (2019–22) Etherington (2022) McCann (2022–23) Ferguson (2023–) (c) = caretaker manager

Peterborough United F.C. – managers

Porter (1934–36)
F. Taylor (1936–37)
Poulter (1937–38)
Haden (1938–48)
Blood (1948–50)
Gurney (1950–52)
Fairbrother (1952–54)
Swindin (1954–58)
Hagan (1958–62)
Anderson (1962)
Fairbrother (1962–64)
Anderson (1964)
Clark (1964–67)
Rigby (1967–69)
Iley (1969–72)
Cantwell (1972–77)
Barnwell (1977–78)
Hails (1978–79)
Morris (1979–82)
Wilkinson (1982–83)
Wile (1983–86)
Fuccillo (1986)
Cantwell (1986–88)
Jones (1988–89)
Booth (1989)
Lawrenson (1989–90)
Booth (1990–91)
Turner (1991–92)
Fuccillo (1992–93)
Turner (1993–94)
Still (1994–95)
Halsall (1995–96)
Fry (1996–2005)
Wright (2005–06)
Bleasdale (2006)
Fry (2006)
Alexander (2006–07)
T. Taylor (2007)
Ferguson (2007–09)
Cooper (2009–10)
Gannon (2010)
Johnson (2010–11)
Oldfield (2011)
Ferguson (2011–15)
Robertson (2015)
McCann (2015)
Westley (2015–16)
McCann (2016–18)
Oldfield (2018)
Evans (2018–19)
Ferguson (2019–22)
Etherington (2022)
McCann (2022–23)
Ferguson (2023–)

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