Background
Dumighan was born in Langley Park, County Durham.
Dumighan was born in Langley Park, County Durham.
As a youngster, he played for the works team of Mackay"s carpet factory in Durham before joining Sunderland. He never played for their first team, and moved on to Darlington. After four appearances and one goal in the Fourth Division, he moved on to Horden Colliery Welfare and South Shields of the North Eastern League.
Dumighan played cricket at County League level, and retained an involvement with football as a scout for Sunderland.