Laurie Adams

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Laurie Adams
Personal information
Date of birth (1931-02-14) 14 February 1931 (age 93)
Place of birth Chipping Barnet
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1951-1952 Watford 1
1955 Whipton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Laurence Edward Adams (born 14 February 1931) is an English former footballer, who played for Watford as an inside left. [1] Born in Barnet (then part of Hertfordshire), he made his sole Football League appearance while doing his National Service. Under the management of Haydn Green, Adams played a full match on 23 February 1952, as Watford defeated Walsall 2–0 in front of a crowd of 8,909 at Vicarage Road. [2] He turned professional upon leaving the army, but did not play another senior game, and left the club at the end of the 1952–53 season. [3] Although at that time professional players were not normally allowed to play amateur football again, Adams subsequently played for Whipton as a permit player in 1955. [3]

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References

  1. Football League Career Stats (Watford players) at Neil Brown site
  2. Jones, Trefor (1998). Watford Season by Season. pp. 112–113. ISBN   0-9527458-1-X.
  3. 1 2 Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 21. ISBN   0-9527458-0-1.