Laurence Nevins (2 July 1920 – June 1972) was an English professional
footballer
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who played as an
outside left
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in the
Football League
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for
Brighton & Hove Albion
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and
Hartlepools United.
He joined
Newcastle United
Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Since th ...
in 1939 as an amateur, and turned professional in 1940, but never made a peacetime appearance. During the Second World War, he made guest appearances for
Middlesbrough
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and
Queens Park Rangers
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, and played regularly for
Dundee United
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in the Scottish wartime competitions while serving in the
Royal Navy
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as a
submariner.
References
1920 births
1972 deaths
Footballers from Gateshead
English men's footballers
Men's association football outside forwards
Newcastle United F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Hartlepool United F.C. players
English Football League players
Dundee United F.C. wartime guest players
Middlesbrough F.C. wartime guest players
Queens Park Rangers F.C. wartime guest players
Royal Navy personnel of World War II
Royal Navy submariners
20th-century English sportsmen
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