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John Coxon (7 April 1922 – May 1998) was an English amateur footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Darlington.[2]

John Coxon

Personal information
Full name	John Coxon[1]
Date of birth	(1922-04-07)7 April 1922[1]
Place of birth	Whitley Bay, England
Date of death	May 1998 (1998-06) (aged 76)
Place of death	North Tyneside, England
Position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Old Hartley
19??–1948	Darlington	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coxon was born in Whitley Bay, which was then in Northumberland. He played football for non-league club Old Hartley,[2] and by March 1946 had joined Darlington;[3] he appeared twice in the wartime third-tier competition.[4] He remained with the club until at least 1948,[5] but made only one appearance in the Third Division North, in the 1946–47 season.[2] He died in May 1998 in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear.[1]

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