Alfred Thomas (footballer)

Last updated

Alfred Thomas
Personal information
Date of birth 1895
Place of birth Hetton-le-Hole, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Llanelli
Houghton Main Colliery
1921–1923 Bradford City 14 (1)
1923 Merthyr Town
1923–1925 Hull City 36 (4)
South Shields
Ashington
Hetton United
Total50(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Thomas (born 1895) was an English footballer who played as an outside right.

Contents

Career

Born in Hetton-le-Hole, [2] Thomas spent his early career with Llanelli and Houghton Main Colliery. [3] He joined Bradford City in November 1921, [2] making 14 league appearances for the club, [4] before moving to Merthyr Town in February 1923. [2] He later played for Hull City, South Shields, Ashington and Hetton United. [3] [5]

Sources

Related Research Articles

Robert Ernest Blackburn was an English football player and manager.

Leonard George William Boot was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Fulham, Bradford City and Nottingham Forest. He made 15 appearances in all competitions for York City in the 1923–24 season. He was born in West Bromwich and died in that town at the age of 38 following a motorcycle accident.

David Downie Gray was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a right half.

Thomas William Adey was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Hull City, Swindon Town, Northampton Town and Durham City in the 1920s. He also spent time on the books of Bristol City without playing for the first team, and played non-League football for Hetton Celtic, Bedlington United, Wombwell, Newark Town, Mansfield Town, Hetton United and Crook Town. He played mainly at centre half or left half, but in his later career was sometimes used at inside left.

The 1903–04 season was the first season in Bradford City A.F.C.'s history, having been founded on 29 May 1903 and then elected into the English Football League to replace Doncaster Rovers in the Second Division. They finished in 10th position in the league and reached the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup.

Samuel Cheetham was an English professional footballer who played as a right back.

Martin Nelson Spendiff was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Alfred Maxwell Ashmore is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

John Thomas Connor was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward.

Joseph Campbell was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.

Alfred Carroll was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half.

Joseph Dalton was an English professional footballer who played as a left half. He also played baseball.

Geoff Dyson was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left.

Frederick W. Gibson was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Thomas Helsby was an English professional footballer who played as a right half.

Thomas Hill was an English professional footballer who played as a right half. He was also known as Tommy Hill and Tom Hill.

Eric Tansley Holah is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Thomas Murray was an English professional footballer who played as an inside right.

Jack Stansfield was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left.

George Stott was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right.

References

  1. ↑ "The lure of promotion. Hull City". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, p. 409
  3. 1 2 Alfred Thomas at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ↑ Frost, p. 389
  5. ↑ "Players". Tigers Base. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.