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Full name Donald J. Dorman
Date of birth 18 September 1922
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Date of death January 1997 (aged 74)
Playing position Inside forward
Youth clubs
Shirley Juniors
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
Birmingham City 059 0(4)
Coventry City 090 (29)
Walsall 116 (34)
Teams managed
1970 Birmingham City (caretaker)
Donald J. "Don" Dorman (18 September 1922 – January 1997) was an
English professional footballer who played as an inside right. He made
265 appearances in the Football League. He later became a scout.
Born in Hall Green, Birmingham, Dorman served as a paratrooper in the
1st Airborne Division during the Second World War. He was wounded
and captured at Arnhem and made a prisoner of war. After the war he signed a professional contract with Birmingham City in 1946. He remained at the club for five years, and then joined Coventry City in an exchange deal for Tommy Briggs. At Coventry Dorman scored at a rate of a goal every three games.
In 1954 he signed for Walsall, and was their leading scorer in 1956–57, the final season of his playing career.
Dorman then rejoined Birmingham as a scout, and became chief scout when Walter Taylor died. He was responsible for bringing to the club a number of young players who went on to very successful careers, including Kenny Burns,
Trevor Francis, Bob and Dave Latchford, Malcolm Page and Garry Pendrey.
He and coach Bill Shorthouse acted as caretaker managers at the end of the 1969–70 season while the club sought a replacement after Stan Cullis retired. Dorman left Birmingham when Ron Saunders arrived as manager and took up the post of chief scout at Aston Villa. He died in 1997 aged 74.
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