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Horace Viner

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Horace Viner
Personal information
Full name Horace Viner[1]
Date of birth 1877[1]
Place of birth Chirk, Wales[1]
Date of death 1935[1]
Place of death Rhyl, Wales[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1903 Birkenhead
1903–1904 Stoke 1 (0)
1904 Rhyl Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Horace Viner (1877 – 1935) was a Welsh professional footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke.[1]

Career

Viner was born in Chirk and played for Birkenhead before joining Stoke in 1904.[1] He was signed as back up to Welsh international goalkeeper Leigh Richmond Roose and Jack Benton.[1] Viner's only appearance for Stoke game against Nottingham Forest in March 1904.[1] On his release at the end of the season he joined Rhyl Athletic.[1] After finishing his footballing career at Rhyl, Viner started his own caravan park.[1]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke 1903–04[1] First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career Total 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.