Louis Weller (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Louis Charles Weller[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Date of death | September 1951 (aged 64)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back, wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1908 | Chesterfield Town | ||
| Leek United | |||
| 1909–1912 | Everton | 7 | (1) |
| 1912–1913 | Chesterfield Town | 27 | (4) |
| 1913–1922 | Everton | 58 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Louis Charles Weller (7 May 1887 – September 1951) was an English professional football left back who played in the Football League for Everton and Chesterfield Town.[1]
Personal life
Weller served as a gunner in the Motor Machine Gun Service and the Machine Gun Corps during the First World War.[2][4]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Everton | 1909–10[5] | First Division | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1910–11[5] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1911–12[5] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Chesterfield Town | 1912–13[6] | Midland League | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 4 |
| Everton | 1913–14[5] | First Division | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 1914–15[5] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1919–20[5] | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 1920–21[5] | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1921–22[5] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Everton total | 65 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 92 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 100 | 6 | ||
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 306. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b Louis Weller on Lives of the First World War
- ^ "Chesterfield FC: Player-based information – 1909–1917". Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "Lewis Charles Weller | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Louis Weller | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource – Line-ups – 1912–13". Retrieved 21 December 2018.
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- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Machine Gun Corps soldiers
- 1887 births
- Association football fullbacks
- Association football wing halves
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- Everton F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Stoke-on-Trent
- 1951 deaths
- English footballers
- English football defender, 1880s birth stubs