# Joe Little > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joe_Little > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joe_Little.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Little > Source revision: 1356220649 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English footballer}} {{Similar names|Joseph Little (disambiguation){{!}}Joseph Little}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Joe Little |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Joseph Little |birth_date = {{birth date|1902|1|25|df=y}} |birth_place = [Leeds](/source/Leeds), England |death_date = 1965 |death_place = |height = |position = [Outside left](/source/Outside_left) / [left half](/source/left_half) |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = |clubs1 = [Castleford Town](/source/Castleford_Town_F.C.) |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1920–1925 |clubs2 = [Plymouth Argyle](/source/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C.) |caps2 = 7 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 1925–1927 |clubs3 = [Darlington](/source/Darlington_F.C.) |caps3 = 62 |goals3 = 13 |years4 = 1927–1929 |clubs4 = [Bradford Park Avenue](/source/Bradford_Park_Avenue_A.F.C.) |caps4 = 2 |goals4 = 1 |years5 = 1929–1930 |clubs5 = [Rotherham United](/source/Rotherham_United_F.C.) |caps5 = 24 |goals5 = 1 }} '''Joseph Little''' (25 January 1902 – 1965) was an English [footballer](/source/association_football) who made 95 appearances in [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League) playing at [outside left](/source/outside_left) or [left half](/source/left_half) for [Plymouth Argyle](/source/Plymouth_Argyle), [Darlington](/source/Darlington_F.C.), [Bradford Park Avenue](/source/Bradford_Park_Avenue) and [Rotherham United](/source/Rotherham_United) in the 1920s. He also played [non-league football](/source/non-league_football) for [Castleford Town](/source/Castleford_Town_F.C.).{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=158 |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}} ==Life and career== Little was born in Leeds, and began his senior football career with [Midland League](/source/Midland_Football_League_(1889)) club [Castleford Town](/source/Castleford_Town_F.C.). Together with teammates [Walter Cook](/source/Walter_Cook_(footballer)) and [Cecil Eastwood](/source/Cecil_Eastwood), he transferred to [Plymouth Argyle](/source/Plymouth_Argyle) in May 1920, ahead of the club's first season in the newly formed [Football League Third Division](/source/Football_League_Third_Division). The players were allowed to remain with Castleford to play in the remaining rounds of the West Riding Senior Cup;{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19200506/272/0014 |title=Castleford Town Club |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |date=6 May 1920 |page=14 |via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive) |url-access=subscription }} they won the semifinal, but lost 3–1 to [Huddersfield Town](/source/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C.) in the final.{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19200515/128/0008 |title=West Riding Cup Final. Castleford's plucky fight against Huddersfield Town |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=15 May 1920 |page=8 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} He made his Football League debut on 8 September for an injury-hit Argyle team at home to [Crystal Palace](/source/Crystal_Palace_F.C.), forming a new left-wing pairing with [Billy Kellock](/source/Billy_Kellock); the ''[Daily Express](/source/Daily_Express)'' reporter felt their inclusion "did not improve the combination" between the forwards.{{cite news |title=Palace sparkle. Argyle lucky to escape with narrow defeat |newspaper=Daily Express |location=London |date=9 September 1920 |page=6}} Little himself was injured during the match, and did not play again that season. Cartilage problems in both knees restricted him to just seven appearances in four seasons{{cite web |url=http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=492 |title=Joe Little |website=Greens on Screen |access-date=12 August 2015}} – the ''[Derby Daily Telegraph](/source/Derby_Daily_Telegraph)'' described him as "well known in the South as one of the unluckiest men who ever received a pay packet from the Plymouth Argyle club"{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19251107/014/0004 |title=Promotion Points. The Little Quaker |newspaper=Derby Daily Telegraph |date=7 November 1925 |page=4 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} – and he was made available on a free transfer in 1924.{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19240926/006/0002 |title=Plymouth Argyle and promotion. Club confident of success |newspaper=Western Morning News |location=Plymouth |date=26 September 1924 |page=2 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} Restored to fitness, Little signed for [Second Division](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) club [Darlington](/source/Darlington_F.C.) early in the 1925–26 season.{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19250926/055/0003 |title=Shots at Goal |newspaper=Lincolnshire Echo |date=26 September 1925 |page=3 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} He enjoyed regular football, with 13 goals from 62 league appearances by the end of the following season, when the team were relegated to the third tier. In August 1927 he moved on to [Bradford Park Avenue](/source/Bradford_Park_Avenue) of the [Third Division North](/source/Football_League_Third_Division_North).{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19270813/145/0006 |title=Yorkshire football clubs' prospects for 1927–8 |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=13 August 1927 |page=6 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} He contributed one goal from two appearances as Bradford won the title and promotion to the Second Division. The club re-signed him for the coming season,{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19280517/381/0019 |title=Signed for Bradford |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |date=17 May 1928 |page=19 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} but he appeared only in the reserve team,{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19280829/300/0016 |title=''Untitled'' |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |date=29 August 1928 |page=16 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19281129/378/0017 |title=City reserves routed |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |date=29 November 1928 |page=17 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} and he moved on to [Rotherham United](/source/Rotherham_United) at the end of the 1928–29 season.{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19290713/029/0007 |title=Sporting items |newspaper=Nottingham Evening Post |date=13 July 1929 |page=7 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} He scored on debut for Rotherham, in a 5–4 defeat away to [Tranmere Rovers](/source/Tranmere_Rovers), and played 24 times for the club, initially in his usual position of left-sided forward, and later at [left half](/source/left_half).{{cite web|url=http://www.themillers.co.uk/staticFiles/6f/12/0,,10360~4719,00.doc |format=DOC |title=A–Z Past Players (Pre-1939) |publisher=Rotherham United F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208092519/http://www.themillers.co.uk/staticFiles/6f/12/0%2C%2C10360~4719%2C00.doc |archive-date= 8 February 2012 |url-status=dead }} Little died in 1965. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Little, Joe}} Category:1902 births Category:1965 deaths Category:Footballers from Leeds Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Castleford Town F.C. players Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Category:Darlington F.C. players Category:Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Category:Rotherham United F.C. players Category:Midland Football League players Category:Date of death missing Category:Place of death missing Category:20th-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Joe Little](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Little) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Little?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.