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Also known as Michael Richard Dawson

English association football player

OverviewAI-generated

Michael Richard Dawson is a male English association football player who plays as a centre-back. Born in Northallerton in 1983, he began his professional career in 2000. Dawson has been a member of Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Nottingham Forest F.C., and Hull City A.F.C., and represented the England national under-21 association football team. He participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and competed in the Premier League. His physical measurements include a height of 188 and a mass of 79.

The name Michael Dawson is also associated with other creative works. Open Library lists an author by this name with 44 works, including titles such as *How to Teach College*, *Mom and Mommy Tuck Me In!*, *The Cancer Answer Kid*, *Dad and Daddy Tuck Me In!*, and *12 Fat Ladies*. Additionally, a music group named Michael Dawson is listed in MusicBrainz, with Last.fm data indicating 68 listeners and 235 playcounts for the name.

Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
44

Top works

  • How to Teach College
  • Mom and Mommy Tuck Me In!
  • The Cancer Answer Kid
  • Dad and Daddy Tuck Me In!
  • 12 Fat Ladies

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Active from
1989
Active to
1994

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
68
Total plays
235

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/michael+dawson">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · michael dawson

Key facts

Full name
Michael Richard Dawson
Date of birth
( 1983-11-18 ) 18 November 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth
Northallerton , England
Height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position
Centre back
1997 2001
Nottingham Forest
Years
Team
2001 2005
Nottingham Forest
2005 2014
Tottenham Hotspur
2014 2018
Hull City
2018 2021
Nottingham Forest
2003 2005
England U21
2006 2007
England B
2010 2011
England

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Defender
Nationality
England

via TheSportsDB

~11 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Michael Richard Dawson (born 18 November 1983) is an English former professional football player and sports pundit.

As a player, he was a centre back. Dawson started his career at Nottingham Forest playing alongside veteran defender Des Walker before moving to Tottenham Hotspur with teammate Andy Reid for a fee of £8 million. While at Tottenham, Dawson won the League Cup in 2008. His form in the 2009–10 season saw him included in England's preliminary 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. Although he initially failed to make the final 23-man squad, an injury to captain Rio Ferdinand saw him drafted in as replacement.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Dawson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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