Albert Farrow
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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]
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
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Watford | 1908–09[3] | Southern League First Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Career total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 96. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Players – Ellington to Folivi" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. p. 23. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Farrow Albert Watford 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Albert Ernest Farrow | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
Categories:
- 1886 births
- 1916 deaths
- People from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
- English footballers
- English Football League players
- Association football midfielders
- Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players
- Watford F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Lincolnshire Regiment soldiers
- Green Howards soldiers
- South Staffordshire Regiment soldiers
- Worksop Town F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Midland Football League players
- 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis deaths in England
- Military personnel from Lincolnshire
- English football midfielder, 1880s birth stubs