Mick Vinter playing for Wrexham AFC 1979/80 season.
A FORMER Wrexham AFC striker has died aged 65.
Michael 'Mick' Vinter played for the Reds for three years between 1979 and 1982 - bagging 25 goals in 101 starts for the club.
He then moved to Oxford United for a fee of £25,000 - going on to make 69 appearances.
The Boston-born striker started out at his hometown club under legendary manager Jim Smith.
Following later spells at Mansfield, Newport and various non-league clubs across the East Midlands, Vinter spent the rest of his life in the Nottingham area and died in a nursing home after a battle with dementia.
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