Dave Wagstaffe

Dave Wagstaffe
Personal information
Full name David Wagstaffe
Date of birth (1943-04-05)5 April 1943
Place of birth Manchester, England
Date of death 6 August 2013(2013-08-06) (aged 70)
Place of death Wolverhampton, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1964 Manchester City 144 (8)
1964–1976 Wolverhampton Wanderers 324 (26)
1967Los Angeles Wolves (loan) 10 (0)
1976–1978 Blackburn Rovers 75 (7)
1978–1979 Blackpool 19 (1)
1979 Blackburn Rovers 2 (0)
Total 574 (42)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Wagstaffe (5 April 1943 – 6 August 2013) was an English professional footballer who played as a left winger. Wagstaffe made over 500 league appearances throughout his career, which saw him represent Manchester City, Wolves, Blackburn and Blackpool in England and briefly the Los Angeles Wolves in the United States.

He was notably the first player to be shown a red card in the English Football League, sent off for Blackburn during a 1–0 defeat against Leyton Orient on 2 October 1976.