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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name     = Roderick Welsh
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| fullname       = Roderick Ernest Welsh<ref name="kent"/>
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|df=y|1908|8|26}}<ref name="ENFA">{{ENFA}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England<ref name="kent"/>
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|df=y|1991|||1908|8|26}}<ref name="ENFA"/>
| height         = 5 ft 8 in<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-sunday-dispatch-football/134154879/ |title=Port Vale. Famous coach |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=xvi |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Full-back]]
| youthyears1    = 1929–1930| youthclubs1 = Dipton United
| youthyears2    = 1930–1931| youthclubs2 = [[Annfield Plain F.C.|Annfield Plain]]
| years1         = 1931–1932| clubs1 = [[Durham City A.F.C.|Durham City]]| caps1 = | goals1 = 
| years2         = 1932–1935| clubs2 = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]| caps2 = 1| goals2 = 0
| years3         = 1935–1938| clubs3 = [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]| caps3 = 64| goals3 = 0
| totalcaps      = | totalgoals  = 
}}

'''Roderick Ernest Welsh''' (26 August 1908 – 1991) was an English [[Association football|footballer]]. His great-grandson, [[Matthew Dallman]], also became a professional footballer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matthew Dallman - 2006 Men's Soccer|url=http://www.portlandpilots.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=640|accessdate=17 November 2016}}</ref>

==Career==
Welsh played for Dipton United, [[Annfield Plain F.C.|Annfield Plain]] and [[Durham City A.F.C.|Durham City]]. He played one [[Football League First Division|First Division]] game for [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] on 6 May 1933.<ref>{{cite web |title=profile |url=http://pompeyrama.com/pompey-fc-players-722-Roderick-Welsh.html |website=pompeyrama.com |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref> He joined [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] in May 1935.<ref name="kent">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=305|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}}</ref> He made 20 [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] and three [[FA Cup]] appearances in the [[1935–36 Port Vale F.C. season|1935–36]] [[promotion and relegation|relegation]] season, and [[Ankle fracture|broke an ankle]] at a 1–0 win over [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] at [[The Dell (Southampton)|The Dell]] on 31 March.<ref name="kent"/> He played 17 [[Football League Third Division North|Third Division North]] games in the [[1936–37 Port Vale F.C. season|1936–37]] season and then played 27 league games in the [[1937–38 Port Vale F.C. season|1937–38]] season.<ref name="kent"/> He was given a [[Free transfer (association football)|free transfer]] away from [[The Old Recreation Ground]] in May 1938.<ref name="kent"/>

==Career statistics==
Source:<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!rowspan="2"|Division
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|FA Cup
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
|[[1932–33 Portsmouth F.C. season|1932–33]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]
|[[1935–36 Port Vale F.C. season|1935–36]]
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|20||0||3||0||0||0||23||0
|-
|[[1936–37 Port Vale F.C. season|1936–37]]
|[[Football League Third Division North|Third Division North]]
|17||0||1||0||3||0||21||0
|-
|[[1937–38 Port Vale F.C. season|1937–38]]
|Third Division North
|27||0||2||0||2||0||31||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!64!!0!!6!!0!!5!!0!!75!!0
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:1908 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football fullbacks]]
[[Category:Annfield Plain F.C. players]]
[[Category:Durham City A.F.C. players]]
[[Category:Portsmouth F.C. players]]
[[Category:Port Vale F.C. players]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]