Norman Callender

Norman Callender (9 June 1924 – 1990) was an English footballer who made 27 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half for Darlington in the 1940s.^[4]

Norman Callender

Personal information
Full name	Norman Callender[1]
Date of birth	(1924-06-09)9 June 1924[1]
Place of birth	Newburn,[1] England
Date of death	1990 (aged 65–66)[1][a]
Place of death	Northallerton,[a] Yorkshire, England
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1949	Darlington	27	(1)
1949–195?	Horden Colliery Welfare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Callender joined Darlington while stationed in the area during the war, and was still a serving soldier when he began playing for the club:^[5] he had to drop out of the team in February 1947 after he was posted to the Middle East.^[6] After leaving Darlington, he signed for Horden Colliery Welfare, for whom he played until at least the 1951–52 season.^[7]

He later became a civil servant with the Ministry of Defence and moved into refereeing in 1955. While based in Richmond in North Yorkshire he became a Football League linesman in 1962 and was promoted to the Referees List in 1965 where he remained until 1968.^[8] He is one of very few former professional players to have achieved this distinction.

Notes

1. Callender's death was registered in the third quarter of 1990, in the Northallerton registration district,^[2] which covers Northallerton, North Yorkshire, and surrounding area.^[3]