Noel Kinsey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noel Kinsey | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Treorchy, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 20 May 2017 (aged 91) | ||
| Playing position | Inside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Treorchy Amateurs | |||
| Cardiff City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1947–1953 | Norwich City | 223 | (57) |
| 1953–1958 | Birmingham City | 149 | (48) |
| 1958–1961 | Port Vale | 72 | (6) |
| Total | 444 | (111) | |
| National team | |||
| 1951–1955 | Wales | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Noel Kinsey (24 December 1925 – 20 May 2017) was a Welsh international footballer who played as an inside right. He won seven international caps and scored 111 goals in 444 league games in a 14-year career in the Football League.
He began his career with Norwich City in 1947, helping the "Canaries" to second place in the Third Division South in 1950–51. He transferred to Birmingham City in 1953, helping the club to the Second Division title in 1954–55. He scored in the 1956 FA Cup Final, which ended in a 3–1 defeat to Manchester City. In February 1958 he was signed to Port Vale for a £5,000 fee, and helped the "Valiants" to the Fourth Division title in 1958–59. He became a player-coach at Vale Park in May 1960, before departing in April 1962. He later played for non-league sides King's Lynn and Lowestoft Town, and worked at Norwich Union Insurance. He entered the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame in 2003.
Kinsey started his career with Treorchy Amateurs and Cardiff City, before joining Norwich City in 1947. Duggie Lochhead's "Canaries" had to apply for re-election in 1947–48, after finishing second-from-bottom of the Third Division South. They rose to tenth in 1948–49, and then he finished as the club's top scorer in 1949–50 with 17 goals, as the club posted an eleventh-place finish. They reached second place in 1950–51 under new manager Norman Low, but only champions Nottingham Forest were promoted, who finished six points ahead of Norwich. They dropped to third in 1951–52, five points behind champions Plymouth Argyle. They then finished fourth in 1952–53, four points behind champions Bristol Rovers. In total he scored 57 goals in 223 league appearances at Carrow Road.
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