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Ernie Brinton
Personal information
Full name Ernest James Brinton
Date of birth (1908-05-26)26 May 1908
Place of birth Bristol, England
Date of death (1981-09-17)17 September 1981
Place of death Bristol, England
Position(s) Half back
Youth career
Avonmouth Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1937 Bristol City 249 (7)
1937–1946 Newport County 78 (3)
1946–19?? Aldershot 12 (0)
Street
Managerial career
Ilfracombe Town (player/manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest James Brinton (26 May 1908 – 17 September 1981) was an English footballer who played as a half back. He made over 330 Football League appearances in the years before and after the Second World War.[1]

Career

Brinton played for Bristol City.[2][3]

Honours

with Newport County

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. ^ Woods, David; Leigh Edwards (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.
  3. ^ Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-95-X.