Rex Adams
football player (1928-2014)
Rex Malcolm Adams (13 February 1928 – 14 January 2014) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. He played in the Football League with Blackpool and Oldham Athletic.
Career
Adams was given a trial by Blackpool in April 1948 while on the books of Oxford City. He was signed for the Tangerines' 1948–49 campaign on 29 May, and was marked as being one of Stanley Matthews' understudies.
He made his League debut for Blackpool on 25 September 1948 as a deputy for Matthews, who was on international duty, in a single-goal victory over Liverpool at Bloomfield Road.
When Billy Wardle was injured later in the season, Adams had a four-game run at outside left and then, when Matthews was injured, at outside right for four games. It was in his first game in the latter position that he scored the only goal of the game in a victory over Portsmouth on 9 April 1949.
At the end of his maiden season, he had played nine League games.
It wasn't until 7 January, in the following 1948–49 season, that Adams returned to the first team as cover for the injured Wardle. He played four League games this season.
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