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Micky Block

Michael John Block (28 January 1940 – 12 December 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a right winger. He made nearly 200 Football League appearances for Chelsea, Brentford and Watford over a 10-year period.[1]

Career

Born in Ipswich, Block began his career with the youth team at First Division club Chelsea and played in both legs of the 1958 FA Youth Cup Final.[1][4][5] Block progressed to the Chelsea first team and made 40 appearances and scored six goals between 1957 and 1962.[3]

Block left Chelsea for Brentford for £5,000 in January 1962.[6] While with Brentford, he was the provider of assists for many goals scored by the club's all-international frontline of Johnny Brooks, Billy McAdams and John Dick.[7] He later played for Watford,[8] before dropping into non-League football with Chelmsford City in 1967.[8]

Career statistics

  1. ^ Appearance in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Honours

Brentford

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Micky Block". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. ^ Ancestry.com. England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2019 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Micky Block – Chelsea Player Profile". Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Chelsea 5–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1957–58 FA Youth Cup Final)". TheChels.info – The Chelsea Football Club Wiki. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–1 Chelsea (1957–58 FA Youth Cup Final)". TheChels.info – The Chelsea Football Club Wiki. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  6. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 22. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  7. ^ Brentford Football Club Official Matchday Magazine versus Barnsley. 11 March 2006. p. 54.
  8. ^ a b c "Player: Michael John Block". Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d e White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 386–388. ISBN 0951526200.
  10. ^ a b "Micky Block RIP". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  11. ^ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.


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