Joe Lancaster (footballer)

Joe Lancaster
Personal information
Date of birth (1926-04-28)28 April 1926
Place of birth Stockport, England
Date of death 8 October 2024(2024-10-08) (aged 98)
Place of death Stockport, England
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1950 Manchester United 4 (0)
1950– Accrington Stanley
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Gerard Lancaster (28 April 1926 – 8 October 2024) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Manchester United and Accrington Stanley in The Football League in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He was born in Stockport.[1] In November 2016, he was noted as being Manchester United's oldest living former player.[2] Lancaster died in Stockport on 8 October 2024, at the age of 98.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Joe Lancaster". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  2. ^ BBC Radio Manchester: Sport at Six – Joe Lancaster
  3. ^ "Joseph Gerard Lancaster b. 1926". GRO Index. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Joe Lancaster". MUFCInfo. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
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