Joseph Allen Oliver (8 September 1924 – April 2024) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a winger. Oliver started his career with non-league Crofton Colliery Welfare before joining

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. One of the 12 founder members of the English Football ...

in 1947. He scored 2 goals in 17 appearances in total for Derby County before joining

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton ...

in 1950, where he went on to score 32 goals in 151 league and cup games. Oliver moved on to

Gateshead Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...

in 1954, making 153 league and cup appearances and scoring 37 goals in 4 years at the club. Oliver then moved to non-league

Ashington Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the ...

in 1958. Oliver died in April 2024, at the age of 99.

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* * 1924 births 2024 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Derby County F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Gateshead F.C. players Ashington A.F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Blyth, Northumberland {{England-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub