Aaron Dawson, from Exmouth made league appearances for Exeter City in four successive seasons from 2012 and later played for Torquay, Truro and Tiverton amongst other teams. 

Aaron played in age-group football for City before becoming a trainee in 2008. He signed professional forms in 2010 and played regular reserve team football in 2010/11. Aaron went on loan to Tiverton the next season before making his league debut against Huddersfield in February 2012. He made a second league appearance the following month and, in 2012/13, appeared in seven league games and a FA Cup tie in addition to being loaned to Havant and Waterlooville. A further five first-team appearances followed in 2013/14 and five more in early 2014/15. By this time Aaron had also spent time on loan at Farnborough.

Aaron’s final City game was in the EFL Trophy against Coventry in October 2014 and, after a mid-season release from Exeter, was playing in the Conference for Torquay United by January 2015. After fourteen games for the Plainmoor club Aaron was to appear for Truro City, Gosport Borough and Salisbury over the next few seasons. He then played for Tiverton between 2020 and 2022 before moving to the Wirral in his wotk as a recruitment consultant where he appeared for Vauxhall Motors during the 2022/23 season before leaving the club.