Background
Lawton was born in Middlesbrough, and after playing for his home-town club as an amateur he moved to Darlington in the 1961-1962 season.
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Jimmy Lawton
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Career
Following 120 league appearances and 60 goals for Darlington, he scored in his last game for the club, a 2–1 defeat of Swindon Town in the League Cup on 22 September 1965. Shortly afterwards he was transferred to Swindon in exchange for Alan Sproates and £8,000. However he only managed 11 league appearances at Swindon in an 18-month stay, and after a short stay at Watford, where he played 13 league games, he returned to Darlington in the 1967-1968 season.
In his second spell he made 22 league appearances and scored 3 goals before retiring through injury.
