1987 Durham, Jon
Birth Date
12th June 1965
Birthplace
Wombwell, Yorkshire
Occupation
Striker
Biographical Text
Jon Durham made a number of reserve team appearances for Exeter City in 1987 after having played in the Football League with Rotherham United and Torquay United. Remaining in the South Devon area, he enjoyed a long career in local non-league football before dying at the age of fifty-nine in 2025.
Growing up between Barnsley and Rotherham, it was the Millers that Jon joined as a trainee on leaving school in 1981. Later taken on briefly as a professional, Jon made six league appearances for Rotherham during 1983/84 before moving on a free transfer to Torquay.
Arriving at Torquay as a nineteen-year-old during the second half of the 1984/85 season, he was to spend the rest of his life in the area before his untimely death at the age of fifty-nine in 2025. But his Plainmoor career was actually short-lived as he made just 24 league appearances (2 goals) as the club finished at the foot of the Football League in successive seasons.
Dropping in the Western League with Saltash United, Jon's perfomances in a good side attracted the attention of Exeter City who invited him to trial for the reserve team in 1987.
Nothing came from Jon's possible return to the professional ranks and, after returning to Saltash, he later turned out for Tiverton Town between 1989 to 1991 for whom he scored over 40 goals. He then had a spell at Bideford and was at Taunton when they reached the FA Vase final at Wembley in 1994. He was also involved in coaching in South Devon.
Jon Durham died aged fifty-nine in March 2025
Growing up between Barnsley and Rotherham, it was the Millers that Jon joined as a trainee on leaving school in 1981. Later taken on briefly as a professional, Jon made six league appearances for Rotherham during 1983/84 before moving on a free transfer to Torquay.
Arriving at Torquay as a nineteen-year-old during the second half of the 1984/85 season, he was to spend the rest of his life in the area before his untimely death at the age of fifty-nine in 2025. But his Plainmoor career was actually short-lived as he made just 24 league appearances (2 goals) as the club finished at the foot of the Football League in successive seasons.
Dropping in the Western League with Saltash United, Jon's perfomances in a good side attracted the attention of Exeter City who invited him to trial for the reserve team in 1987.
Nothing came from Jon's possible return to the professional ranks and, after returning to Saltash, he later turned out for Tiverton Town between 1989 to 1991 for whom he scored over 40 goals. He then had a spell at Bideford and was at Taunton when they reached the FA Vase final at Wembley in 1994. He was also involved in coaching in South Devon.
Jon Durham died aged fifty-nine in March 2025
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