Don Heath is a former football

Football (soccer)

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 Outside Right.

Beginning his football career as an apprentice at local club Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

 in 1962, Heath did not play first team football until he signed a professional contract with Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...

. Making a total of 105 league appearances for the club, including helping them reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup

FA Cup

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, he was sold to Swindon Town

Swindon Town F.C.

Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...

 in 1967 for ₤17,000.

Heath made his début for Swindon on 16 September 1967 in a game versus Northampton Town

Northampton Town F.C.

Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...

 that his new club won 4-0. He was a member of the squad that won the 1969 League Cup and also the 1970 Anglo-Italian Cup

1970 Anglo-Italian Cup

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 before injury forced him out of the first team. With the arrival of Arthur Horsfield

Arthur Horsfield

Arthur Horsfield is a former football striker.He joined Middlesbrough as an apprentice - "I was in my local under eleven’s side at the age of nine, and Joe Soones, the Boro scout was the first one on the scene, knocking on my door and turning up at the matches." - and eventually made 111...

 at the club, he was side-lined for much of the 1970 season before playing his last game for Swindon on 14 March 1970.

He moved to Oldham Athletic

Oldham Athletic A.F.C.

Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...

 in July 1970 and was a central figure in their successful promotion season of 1970-71. Peterborough United

Peterborough United F.C.

Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is...

 obtained his services on a free transfer the following season before he moved once more, this time to Hartlepool United

Hartlepool United F.C.

Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...

 where his league playing career finished.

Heath went on to play for non-league clubs Gateshead United

Gateshead F.C.

Gateshead Football Club are a professional Association football club, based in Gateshead, England. They currently play in the Conference National, the fifth level of the English football league system.Ian Bogie is the current manager....

, Crook Town

Crook Town F.C.

Crook Town Association Football Club is an English football club based in Crook, County Durham. The club are currently members of Division Two of the Northern League and play at the Sir Tom Cowie Millfield. The club won the FA Amateur Cup five times during its history.-History:Crook Town Football...

 and South Bank

South Bank F.C.

South Bank F.C. is a football club based in Middlesbrough, England. The team was the founding members of the Northern League in 1889, won the FA Amateur Cup in 1913. In the 1925-26 season, they reached the 1st round of the FA Cup, but left from the Wearside League in 1999....

 before retiring and taking a job working for ICI

Imperial Chemical Industries

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in the North of England.

External links

• Player Profile - Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk