Garry Dulson (born 21 December 1953) is an English former

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. He played 148 league games in a six-year career in the

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. A defender, he began his career with

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. He did not play a first-team game for Forest and was sold on to

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in November 1974 for a £5,000 fee. He spent four years with the Vale before he was moved on to

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in December 1978. He

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side

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in 1980 and later played for

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, and Eastwood.

Career

Port Vale

Dulson started his career at

before joining Third Division club

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in October 1974 and signing permanently for £5,000 the next month. He fared poorly in the

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, scoring an

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in a 2–2 draw with Lincoln City at

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, before getting

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in the replay at

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after punching

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. He ended the 1974–75 season with 34 appearances to his name. Dulson scored his first senior goal on 13 September 1975, in a 3–3 draw with

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; he got his second in a 2–1 win over

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on 6 March 1976. He played a total of 34 games in 1975–76. He lost his first-team place to

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at the start of the 1976–77 season, but after

picked up an injury Dulson managed to establish himself as David Harris's centre-back partner and picked up the club's Sportsman of the Year trophy, whilst Harris was named as overall

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. Dulson bagged his third and final career goal in a 1–1 home draw with

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on 16 April 1977, and ended the 1976–77 campaign with 29 appearances to his name. He played 22 games in 1977–78, but

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was replaced by Bobby Smith in October 1977, and Dulson fell out of the first-team picture.

Crewe Alexandra and later career

He was loaned out to

in November 1978, before joining Warwick Rimmer's side permanently the next month. The "Railwaymen" finished bottom of the Fourth Division in 1978–79, and second-from-bottom in 1979–80 under the stewardship of

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. Dulson moved into

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with

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side

; he later played for

and Eastwood.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dulson, Garry 1953 births Living people Footballers from Nottingham English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Nottingham Forest F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Northwich Victoria F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Eastwood Hanley F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players 20th-century English sportsmen