Don Triner

Donald Arthur Triner (21 August 1919 – 2002) was an English footballer who played for Port Vale either side of World War II.

Don Triner
Personal information
Full name Donald Arthur Triner[1]
Date of birth (1919-08-21)21 August 1919[1]
Place of birth Sandford Hill, Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 2002 (aged 82–83)
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Downing's Tileries
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1948 Port Vale 25 (7)
Witton Albion
Buxton
1952–1953 Biggleswade Town
Leek Town
Total 25+ (7+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Triner played for Downing's Tileries before joining Port Vale in December 1938.[1] Before turning professional he was employed as a joiner in Hanley.[2] In only his second game, a 1–0 home win at Bristol Rovers on 7 January 1939, he broke his leg.[1] He managed to make guest appearances for Stafford Rangers from January to April 1940 before returning to guest for the Port Vale "A" team (the first team were in abeyance due to the war).[1] He was conscripted in 1941 and guested for Morecambe when he was stationed in the area.[1] He was demobbed in the spring of 1946 and with the threat of Nazism vanquished he returned to The Old Recreation Ground, breaking into the first team by December that year.[1] He scored seven goals in 22 games in 1946–47.[1] However, he once again broke his leg in May 1947, and failed to win back his place upon his recovery.[1] He was released at the end of the 1947–48 season, at which point he moved on to Witton Albion, Buxton, Biggleswade Town (released in May 1953 having "failed to come anywhere near to expectation"[3][4]) and Leek Town.[1]

Statistics

Source:[5]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale1938–39Third Division South30001040
1946–47Third Division South2062100227
1947–48Third Division South21000021
Total 2572110288

References
  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 292. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. Archive, The British Newspaper (9 January 1939). "Register | British Newspaper Archive". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. Archive, The British Newspaper (17 October 1952). "Many Bad Buys". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  4. Archive, The British Newspaper (1 May 1953). "The Waders Retain Six Professionals". britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  5. Don Triner at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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