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Alfred Ernest Watkins

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Ernest Watkins
Personal information
Full name Alfred Ernest Watkins
Date of birth (1878-06-26)26 June 1878
Place of birth Llanwnnog, Wales
Date of death 7 December 1957(1957-12-07) (aged 79)
Place of death Barking, England
Position(s) Inside-forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Leicester Fosse
1899–1901 Aston Villa 1 (0)
Grimsby Town
Millwall Athletic
International career
1898–1904 Wales 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Ernest Watkins (26 June 1878 – 7 December 1957) was a Welsh international footballer who played as an inside-forward.

Watkins played club football for Leicester Fosse, Aston Villa, Grimsby Town and Millwall Athletic.[1][2] He was part of the Wales national football team between 1898 and 1904, playing 5 matches. He played his first match on 19 March 1898 against Scotland and his last match on 21 March 1904 against Ireland.[3]

His younger brother, Walter Watkins, also played professional football.[1][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Watkins, Alfred Ernest (Alf) (Ernie) (Fred)". astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ^ "WELSH INTERNATIONAL MATCHES". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Wales player database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Walter Martin Watkins". Genealogy of The Marches. Retrieved 15 December 2017.