Colin Boulton
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| Colin Boulton | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Colin Boulton | |
| Date of birth | September 12, 1945 | |
| Place of birth | Cheltenham, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1964-1978 1976-1977 1978-1979 1979 1980-81 |
Derby County Southampton (loan) Tulsa Roughnecks Los Angeles Aztecs Lincoln City |
272 (0) 5 (0) 46 (0) 12 (0) 4 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Colin Boulton was a football player who played as a Goalkeeper.
Born in Cheltenham on 12 September 1945. Solid, dependable, ever present are among the things that were said about him. Colin was the only Derby County player to take part in all 84-league games during the teams two Championship winning seasons.
His career began at lowly Charlton Kings then he took to the beat by playing for Gloucester Police. Colin was actually a Police Cadet in Cheltenham when he was noticed by Rams manager Tim Ward.
Boulton arrived at the Baseball Ground in August 1964. His course to the first team was not always a smooth one and it must have seemed to him that he was being overlooked as Brian Clough signed South African keeper Les Green in 1968.
It took another three seasons for Boulton to get his chance in the first team. Boulton kept 23 clean sheets during the Championship winning season of 1971-72 season.
Colin Boulton went on to make 344 first team appearances for Derby County before a move to America where he played for Tulsa Roughnecks and Los Angeles Aztecs between 1979 and 1980.
Colin’s final team was back in England, where he played for Lincoln City. However in his fourth game he sustained an injury that was to end his playing career.
On March 2nd 2009, it was announced that Boulton had been voted the greatest goalkeeper in Derby County's history.[1]
[edit] References
- "Rams Remembered....Colin Boulton - Derby County FC - Derby County-Mad". www.derbycounty-mad.co.uk. http://www.derbycounty-mad.co.uk/news/loadroll.asp?cid=ED31&id=55196. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
- "Colin Boulton - Derby County FC - Football-Heroes.net". www.sporting-heroes.net. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=16118. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
- ^ "Top keeper poll-winner Boulton thanks fans". therams.co.uk. http://therams.co.uk/stories/top-keeper-poll-winner-boulton-thanks-fans. Retrieved on 2009-03-02.
