Albert Farrow

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Albert Farrow
Personal information
Full name Albert Ernest Farrow [1]
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Gainsborough, England
Date of death 28 September 1916 (aged 29) [2]
Place of death Gainsborough, England [3]
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1905–1906 Gainsborough WMC & Institute
1906–1908 Gainsborough Trinity 35 (1)
1908–1909 Watford 9 (0)
1909–1912 Worksop Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Ernest Farrow (1886 – 28 September 1916) was an English professional footballer who played as a left half in the Football League for Gainsborough Trinity. [1] [4]

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Personal life

Farrow served as a private in the Lincolnshire Regiment, the Green Howards and the South Staffordshire Regiment during the First World War. [5] He was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1916 and was discharged from the army in August that year. [3] Farrow died of the disease the following month and was buried in Gainsborough General Cemetery. [2] [3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Watford 1908–09 [3] Southern League First Division900090
Career total900090

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References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 96. ISBN   978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Players – Ellington to Folivi" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. p. 23. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. "Farrow Albert Watford 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. "Albert Ernest Farrow | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 7 January 2016.