Dick Habbin

English footballer and manager

Dick Habbin
Personal information
Full name Richard Leonard Habbin
Date of birth (1949-01-06) 6 January 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth Cambridge, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1969 Cambridge United ? (?)
1969–1975 Reading 219 (42)
1975–1977 Rotherham United 84 (19)
1977–1979 Doncaster Rovers 60 (12)
1979–? Maltby Miners Welfare ? (?)
Managerial career
1979–? Maltby Miners Welfare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Leonard Habbin (born 6 January 1949 in Cambridge, England) is an English former footballer and manager.

Career

Habbin joined Reading in March 1969 from non-league side Cambridge United.[1] He joined Rotherham United in January 1975 after making 219 appearances and scoring 24 goals in the Football League for Reading.[1] He made 84 appearances and scored 19 goals in the league for them before joining Doncaster Rovers in September 1977.[1] He made 60 appearances and scored 12 goals in the league for them before being released at the end of the 1978–79 season.[1][2]

He became player-manager of Maltby Miners Welfare in 1979.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 258. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ^ "Dick Habbin". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
  3. ^ "DONCASTER ROVERS : 1946/47 - 1997/98 & 2003/04 - 2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
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Maltby Main F.C. – managers
  • Unknown (1916–65)
  • Unknown (1970–79)
  • Habbin (1979–?)
  • Unknown (?–1989)
  • Walker (1989–93)
  • Waller (1993–94)
  • Moon (1994–96)
  • McCarthy (1996–98)
  • Fleetwood (1998–99)
  • Kenny (1999–2000)
  • Cavell (2000–?)
  • Eagle (?–?)
  • Race (?–2002)
  • Smith (2002)
  • Kitching (2002)
  • Goodwin (2002–05)
  • Race (2005–06)
  • Kay (2006–08)
  • Barron (2008)
  • Adams (2008–)