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Revision as of 13:04, 10 July 2024
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Full name | Philip Eric Gordon Stubbs[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 10 September 1912||
Place of birth | Chester, Cheshire, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 25 January 2013 | (aged 100)||
Place of death | Chester, England[2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Winsford United | |||
Nantwich Town | |||
1934 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
1934–1935 | Wrexham | 28 | (10) |
1935–1936 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | (6) |
1936–1939 | Leicester City | 74 | (14) |
1945–1946 | Chester | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Philip Eric Gordon Stubbs (10 September 1912 – 25 January 2013) was an English professional football who played as a winger. He played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Wrexham, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Chester City.[4][1]
His final pre-war club was Leicester City, for which he made his highest number of appearances, helping guide them to the First Division.[5] After the war, he returned to his hometown Chester where he joined Chester City.
He was the first and, as of 2018, only Leicester City player to live to the age of 100.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Player search: Stubbs, PEG (Eric)". English National Football Archive (ENFA). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Eric Stubbs player profile". Wrexham AFC Archive. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Nottingham Forest. Hopes centred on 'Boy' Martin". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vii – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Green, Jim (17 September 2012). "Chester man's 100th birthday unites Reds and Blues". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Stubbs Eric Image 1 Nottingham Forest 1935".
- ^ Hutchinson, John (29 April 2018). "Former Player Remembers: Eric Stubbs". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
Categories:
- 1912 births
- 2013 deaths
- Footballers from Chester
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Winsford United F.C. players
- Nantwich Town F.C. players
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- Wrexham A.F.C. players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Leicester City F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- British men centenarians
- English football forward, 1910s birth stubs