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Don Bird
Personal information
Full name	Donald William Carlton Bird
Date of birth	January 5, 1908(1908-01-05)
Place of birth	Newton Abbot, Devon, England
Date of death	1987
Playing position	Outside-Left
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
–1929 1929–1931 1931–1932 1932–1934 1934–1935 1935–1936 1936–1937	Llandrindod Wells Cardiff City Bury Torquay United Derby County Sheffield United Southend United	13 0(4) 00 0(0) 74 (15) 05 0(2) 13 0(3) 10 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Donald William Carlton Bird (January 5, 1908 – 1987) was an English professional footballer who played at outside left. He was born in Newton Abbot.

[edit] Career

Although born in Devon, Bird came to prominence playing in Wales for Llandrindod Wells, from where he joined Cardiff City in 1929, scoring on his home debut in a 5-1 win over Bury on the final day of the 1929-30 season. Unable to oust Walter Robbins from the side, he later moved to Bury, but failed to make their league side and joined Torquay United in 1932 as a replacement for Harry Waller.

Bird missed just two games for Torquay the following season and remained a regular until leaving to join Derby County in the summer of 1934 as cover for Dally Duncan. Bird’s Derby debut came on August 27, 1934, a 1-0 First Division win against Huddersfield Town at Leeds Road. He played well enough for the Derby Evening Telegraph to suggest that he could be an effective replacement for Duncan when required. However, such opportunities were rare and Bird played only 5 league games for Derby, scoring twice.

On leaving Derby, Bird joined Sheffield United, finishing his league career with Southend United.

Bird died in 1985.

[edit] References

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-8598-3462-0.