Joe Halliwell

Joseph Adam Halliwell (17 January 1892 – July quarter 1964)

In June 1927, Halliwell joined Third Division North side Nelson on a free transfer. During his time at Nelson he played predominantly as a right-half. He made his debut for the club on 27 August 1927 in the 1–4 home defeat to Accrington Stanley and went on to play every first-team match in that season. Halliwell scored his first Nelson goal on 1 December 1928, netting the winner in the 2–1 victory away at Halifax Town. He played several matches as a forward during the 1928–29 campaign and ended the season with nine league goals.

Halliwell was not retained by Nelson in the summer of 1929 and subsequently moved into non-League football with Barnoldswick Town of the Lancashire Combination. He spent almost four years with Barnoldswick before joining Preston-based club St Paul's as an amateur in January 1933. Following his retirement from football he became the landlord of a public house in Barrowford. Halliwell died in Lostock Hall, Lancashire, in the summer of 1964 at the age of 72.