Alf Fields
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 November 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Canning Town, England | ||
Date of death | 14 November 2011 | (aged 92)||
Place of death | England | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Youth career | |||
1936–1939 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1939–1952 | Arsenal | 19 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alf Fields BEM (15 November 1918 – 14 November 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half.
Career
Fields signed with Arsenal in 1936, turned professional in 1937, and made his debut in 1939.[1] Between then and 1952, Fields made a total of 19 appearances in the Football League.[2] Arsenal won the old First Division in 1947–48 but he only made six league appearances all season.[3] After retiring as a player, Fields spent time as a coach at Arsenal, before eventually retiring in November 1983.[1]
Fields played himself in the 1939 film The Arsenal Stadium Mystery.[4]
During World War II, Fields served in North Africa and Italy, earning the British Empire Medal.[5]
As the time of his death, Fields was Arsenal's oldest surviving player.[6] He died on 14 November 2011, one day before his 93rd birthday.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Profile". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ "ARSENAL : 1946/47 – 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ "1947–48 competition statistics". 11v11.com. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ Alf Fields at IMDb
- ^ "Football and the Second World War". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ Matt Denver, Glenn Moore and Phil Shaw (3 May 2006). "Highbury memories". The Independent. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ "Alf Fields: 1918–2011". Arsenal F.C.