Dick Cullum

Arthur Richard Cullum (28 January 1931 – 9 April 2012) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for Colchester United.

Dick Cullum
Personal information
Full name Arthur Richard Cullum[1]
Date of birth (1931-01-28)28 January 1931[1]
Place of birth Colchester, England[1]
Date of death 9 April 2012(2012-04-09) (aged 81)[1]
Place of death Hemel Hempstead, England[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Colchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1954 Colchester United 2 (1)
Sittingbourne
Total 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Colchester, Cullum signed for hometown club Colchester United from amateur football as a youth.[1] He made his first team debut for Colchester aged 20 on 26 March 1951, Colchester's first season in the Football League. He scored on his debut in the 4–1 defeat to Torquay United. He made one further first team appearance for Colchester on 23 January 1954 in a 3–0 away defeat to Aldershot.[3] He played for Sittingbourne after leaving Colchester.[1]

Personal life

Outside of the game, Cullum was apprenticed to Benham & Co in his hometown as a teenager (his Dad wouldn't let him sign full-time professional saying 'no footballer has ever earned good money'. After becoming assistant works manager in his thirties he took a similar role next door at QB Printers, before setting up a typesetting business Wolf Composition in Watford in 1970. In later working life, he was managing director of another typesetting business, Santype International in Salisbury, building it to be the largest technical typesetting company in the country.[4] He died aged 81 on 9 April 2012. He had three sons, Steven, Gary and Dale.[2]

References
  1. "Colchester United - Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. "Dick Cullum: Obituary - Announcements - HemelToday.co.uk - Hemel Hempstead". HemelToday. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  3. "Colchester United - Match details - Aldershot 3–0 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  4. "Duck Cullum (From Essex County Standard)". Essex County Standard. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
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