Dave Helliwell

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Dave Helliwell

David in the 1970s
Personal information
Full name	David Helliwell
Date of birth	(1948-03-28)28 March 1948
Place of birth	Blackburn, England
Date of death	22 March 2003(2003-03-22) (aged 54)
Place of death	Blackburn, England
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
19??–1966	Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1969	Blackburn Rovers	15	(1)
1969–1970	Lincoln City	13	(1)
1970–1976	Workington	189	(20)
1976–1977	Rochdale	31	(3)
1977-1978	Morecambe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Helliwell (28 March 1948 – 22 March 2003) was an English professional footballer who made 257 appearances with 25 goals scored in the Football League, playing as a winger for Blackburn Rovers, Lincoln City, Workington and Rochdale. He also played non-league football for Morecambe.

Helliwell was born in 1948 in Blackburn, Lancashire, and died there in 2003 at the age of 54.

Career

In 1969, at the age of 21, he was signed for Lincoln City by manager Ron Gray for a fee of £4,000. In the previous season, when Jim Smith moved to Boston United as player-manager, Helliwell got an other new signing midfield partner Billy Taylor from Nottingham Forest.

In the first game of the 1969/70 season against Colchester United at Sincil Bank, Helliwell made his City debut alongside Taylor.

During the summer of 1970, Helliwell was released on a free transfer joining Workington, played around 200 games for the Cumbrian side, scoring 21 goals, and was featured against City over the next five seasons. After getting a free transfer prior to Workington’s last season in the League, he then spent a year with Rochdale before joining Morecambe side for Northern Premier League in 1977.

External links

• Retrospective at Lincoln City fansite The Stacey West