Micky Block

Micky Block

Personal information
Full name	Michael John Block
Date of birth	(1940-01-28) 28 January 1940
Place of birth	Ipswich, England
Height
Position(s)	Right winger
Youth career
1955–1957	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1962	Chelsea	37	(6)
1962–1966	Brentford	146	(30)
1966–1967	Watford	13	(2)
1967–1969	Chelmsford City
Total		196	(38)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael "Micky" Block (born 28 January 1940) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right winger. Block made nearly 200 Football League appearances for Chelsea, Brentford and Watford over a ten-year period.

Career

Born in Ipswich, Block began his career with in the youth team at Division One side Chelsea, appearing in the 1958 FA Youth Cup Final. Block progressed to the Chelsea first team, making 40 appearances and scoring six goals between 1957 and 1962.

Block left Chelsea for Brentford for £5,000 in January 1962. While with the Brentford, he was the provider of assists for many goals scored by the club's all-international frontline of Johnny Brooks, Billy McAdams and John Dick. He later played for Watford, before dropping into non-league football with Chelmsford City in 1967.

Honours

As a player

Brentford

• London Challenge Cup (1): 1964/65

As an individual

• Brentford Supporters' Player of the Year (1): 1962/63

External links

• Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database