Noel Kinsey

Noel Kinsey
Personal information
Full name Noel Kinsey[1]
Date of birth (1925-12-24)24 December 1925[1]
Place of birth Treorchy, Glamorgan, Wales[1]
Date of death 20 May 2017(2017-05-20) (aged 91)[2]
Position(s) Inside right
Youth career
Treorchy Amateurs
Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1953 Norwich City 223 (57)
1953–1958 Birmingham City 149 (48)
1958–1961 Port Vale 72 (6)
Total 444 (111)
International career
1951–1955 Wales 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Noel Kinsey (24 December 1925 – 20 May 2017) was a Welsh international footballer who played as an inside right. He won seven international caps and scored 111 goals in 444 league games in a 14-year career in the Football League.

He began his career with Norwich City in 1947, helping the "Canaries" to second place in the Third Division South in 1950–51. He transferred to Birmingham City in 1953, helping the club to the Second Division title in 1954–55. He scored in the 1956 FA Cup final, which ended in a 3–1 defeat to Manchester City. In February 1958, he was signed to Port Vale for a £5,000 fee and helped the "Valiants" to the Fourth Division title in 1958–59. He became a player-coach at Vale Park in May 1960 before departing in April 1962. He later played for non-League sides King's Lynn and Lowestoft Town and worked at Norwich Union Insurance. He entered the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame in 2003.

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  2. ^ "Noel Kinsey". Norwich Evening News. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017 – via familynotices24.co.uk.

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