Adrian Bird (footballer)

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Adrian Bird
Personal information
Full name Adrian Lee Bird
Date of birth (1969-07-08) 8 July 1969 (age 53)
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [1]
Position(s) Centre half
Youth career
1985–1986 Birmingham City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1990 Birmingham City 27 (0)
1990–1991 Moor Green
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adrian Lee Bird (born 8 July 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played 27 games in the Football League for Birmingham City. [2] He played as a centre half.

Bird was born in Bristol. When he left school in 1985 he joined Birmingham City as an apprentice, turning professional two years later. [3] He made his debut for the club as a 17-year-old apprentice, on 29 December 1986 in a 1–1 draw at home to Millwall in the Second Division. [4] By the 1988–89 season Bird was beginning to establish himself as a first-team player when he suffered a knee injury which effectively ended his career. [5] He spent a year at the Football Injuries Treatment Centre at Lilleshall, and attempted a comeback with Moor Green, but was forced to retire from the game in 1991 at the age of only 21. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 84. ISBN   0-356-17911-7.
  2. ↑ "Birmingham City: 1947/48–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  3. 1 2 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 72. ISBN   978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. ↑ Matthews, p. 222.
  5. ↑ Matthews, p. 224.


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