Bert Crossthwaite

Bert Crossthwaite
Personal information
Full name	Herbert Crossthwaite
Date of birth	4 April 1887
Place of birth	Preston, England
Date of death	20 May 1944 (aged 67)
Place of death	Birmingham, England
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1905–1906	Preston North End
1906–1907	Blackpool
1907–1909	Fulham
1909–1910	Exeter City
1910–1914	Birmingham
1914–1915	Stoke
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Herbert Crossthwaite (4 April 1887 – 20 May 1944) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Born in Preston, Lancashire, he began his football career as a youth with home-town club Preston North End. He went on to play one game in the Football League for Preston's arch-rivals Blackpool (at Gainsborough Trinity on 29 September 1906)^[1] and two for Fulham,^[2] and spent one-and-a-half seasons with Southern League club Exeter City,^[3] before joining Birmingham, for whom he played 49 league games.^[2] He later signed for Stoke, before retiring from the game in around 1915.

Crossthwaite remained an amateur throughout his football career. He joined the Birmingham City Police in 1910, rising to the rank of inspector. He died in Birmingham^[3] in 1944.^[2]

Crossthwaite's cousin, Harry Crossthwaite, played League football for Stockport County and Stoke.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992, Breedon Books Sport, p. 188
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 65. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

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