Nick Sharkey RIP: ‘natural goalscorer, lovely man’

Nick Sharkey: with thanks to the Sunderland Former Players' Association*
Nick Sharkey: with thanks to the Sunderland Former Players’ Association*

Nick Sharkey, a prolific scorer for Sunderland in the 1960s and by all accounts a terrific man, has died at the age of 71. Salut! Sunderland extends deep sympathy to his family and friends.

SAFC.com puts it like this: “The Scot scored 62 goals in 117 appearances for Sunderland during the early to mid Sixties and was an active, prominent and extremely popular member of the Sunderland Former Players’ Association*.”

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