Biography
Goalkeeper Paul Blackburn – not to be confused with 1970s netminder Eddie Blackburn – played a solitary Associate Members Cup match for City in May 1984, amid an injury crisis that affected both Tony Norman and John Davies, the club’s two senior keepers at that time. He also joined City on their post-season tour of Florida, playing against Tampa Bay Rowdies.
Blackburn was from Lowestoft and rejected the chance to join Ipswich Town as a young man in favour of studying French at Hull University. So began an association with several non-league clubs in the East Riding and in Lincolnshire, before his two month non-contract spell at Hull City in April and May 1984.
Details
Nationality: England
Date/Place of Birth: 31 August 1954, Lowestoft
Hull City First Game: 2 May 1984, Sheffield United H (Associate Members Cup Quarter Final), 29 years, 245 days old
Hull City Final Game: 2 May 1984, Sheffield United H (Associate Members Cup Quarter Final), 29 years, 245 days old
Clubs
Bridlington Town (1976-1977), Bridlington Trinity (1977-1981), Gainsborough Trinity (1981-1982), Goole Town (1982-1983), Gainsborough Trinity (1983-84), Goole Town (1984), Hull City (1984)
Hull City Record
Career: 1 apps, 0 goals
Paul Blackburn| Season | LGE App | LGE Gls | FAC App | FAC Gls | FLC App | FLC Gls | EUR App | EUR Gls | OTH App | OTH Gls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983/84 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 (0) | 0 |