Nicky Jennings | |
Fullname: | Nicholas Jennings |
Birth Date: | 18 January 1946 |
Birth Place: | Wellington, Somerset, England |
Position: | Winger |
Youthyears1: | 1961–63 |
Youthclubs1: | Wellington |
Years1: | 1963–1967 |
Years2: | 1967–1974 |
Years3: | 1973 |
Years4: | 1973 |
Years5: | 1974–1978 |
Clubs3: | → Aldershot (loan) |
Caps1: | 98 |
Caps2: | 206 |
Caps3: | 4 |
Caps4: | 18 |
Caps5: | 124 |
Goals1: | 11 |
Goals2: | 45 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Goals5: | 15 |
Nicholas Jennings (18 January 1946 – 4 June 2016) was an English professional footballer whose 15-year career ran from the early 1960s[1] to the mid-1970s.[2]
Born in Wellington, Somerset[3] he played nearly 100 league games for his first club Plymouth Argyle. A speedy winger,[4] he moved to Portsmouth in January 1967 and was to prove such a popular player that in 1971 he was awarded the title of Pompey's Player of the Year.[5] In all he made over 200 appearances for Pompey[6] (and 4 during a loan spell at Aldershot) before moving to Exeter on a free transfer[7] in the 1974 close season, making his final league appearance in 1978. Jennings also played the summer of 1973 in the NASL with the Dallas Tornado.[8] He was named an All-Star Honorable Mention and help Dallas to the league final, which they lost 0–2.
Jennings died on Saturday 4 June 2016 at the age of 70.[9]