Nicky Jennings
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas Jennings | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Wellington, Somerset, England | ||
| Date of death | 4 June 2016 (aged 70) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1961–63 | Wellington | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1967 | Plymouth Argyle | 98 | (11) |
| 1967–1974 | Portsmouth | 206 | (45) |
| 1973 | → Aldershot (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 1973 | Dallas Tornado | 18 | (3) |
| 1974–1978 | Exeter City | 124 | (15) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nicholas Jennings (18 January 1946 – 4 June 2016) was an English professional footballer whose 15-year career ran from the early 1960s[1] to the mid-1970s.[2]
Born in Wellington, Somerset[3] he played nearly 100 league games for his first club Plymouth Argyle. A speedy winger,[4] he moved to Portsmouth in January 1967 and was to prove such a popular player that in 1971 he was awarded the title of Portsmouth Player of the Year.[5] In all he made over 200 appearances for Portsmouth[6] (and 4 during a loan spell at Aldershot) before moving to Exeter City on a free transfer[7] in the 1974 close season, making his final league appearance in 1978. Jennings also played the summer of 1973 in the NASL with the Dallas Tornado.[8] He was named an All-Star Honorable Mention and help Dallas to the league final, which they lost 0–2.
Jennings died on Saturday 4 June 2016 at the age of 70.[9]
