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Michael John Block (28 January 1940 – 12 December 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a right winger. He made nearly 200 Football League appearances for Chelsea, Brentford and Watford over a 10-year period.[1]

Micky Block

Personal information
Full name	Michael John Block[1]
Date of birth	(1940-01-28)28 January 1940
Place of birth	Ipswich, England
Date of death	12 December 2019(2019-12-12) (aged 79)[2]
Place of death	London, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s)	Right winger
Youth career
1955–1957	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1962	Chelsea	37	(6)
1962–1966	Brentford	146	(30)
1966–1967	Watford	13	(2)
1967–1969	Chelmsford City
Total		196	(38)
National team
	England Youth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Ipswich, Block began his career with the youth team at First Division club Chelsea and played in both legs of the 1958 FA Youth Cup Final.[1][4][5] Block progressed to the Chelsea first team and made 40 appearances and scored six goals between 1957 and 1962.[3]

Block left Chelsea for Brentford for £5,000 in January 1962.[6] While with Brentford, he was the provider of assists for many goals scored by the club's all-international frontline of Johnny Brooks, Billy McAdams and John Dick.[7] He later played for Watford,[8] before dropping into non-League football with Chelmsford City in 1967.[8]

Honours

Brentford

• Football League Fourth Division: 1962–63[9]
• London Challenge Cup: 1964–65[10]

Individual

• Brentford Supporters' Player of the Year: 1962–63[10]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chelsea	1957–58[3]	First Division	20	4	0	0	—		—		20	4
	1958–59[3]		13	1	2	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	16	1
	1959–60[3]		2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	1960–61[3]		1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	1961–62[3]		1	1	0	0	0	0	—		1	1
	Total		37	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	40	6
Brentford	1961–62[9]	Third Division	20	2	—		—		—		20	2
	1962–63[9]	Fourth Division	42	8	1	0	2	0	—		45	8
	1963–64[9]	Third Division	35	11	6	3	4	1	—		45	15
	1964–65[9]		20	3	0	0	1	0	—		21	3
	1965–66[9]		29	7	2	0	2	0	—		33	7
	Total		146	30	9	0	9	0	—		164	30
Watford	1966–67[8]	Third Division	13	2	0	0	0	0	—		13	2
Career total			196	38	11	0	9	0	1	0	217	38

References

На других языках

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[it] Micky Block

Michael John Block, più conosciuto con il diminutivo Micky Block (Ipswich, 28 gennaio 1940 – dicembre 2019[1]) è stato un calciatore inglese, di ruolo centrocampista.

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