Jump to content

Arthur Neal (footballer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Red Director (talk | contribs) at 16:25, 23 December 2020 (Adding local short description: "English footballer", overriding Wikidata description "association football player (1903-1982)" (Shortdesc helper)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Arthur Neal
Personal information
Full name Arthur Marshall Neal[1]
Date of birth (1903-12-20)20 December 1903[2][3]
Place of birth Rotherham, England
Date of death 1982 (aged 78)
Place of death Rotherham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[4]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Rotherham County 0 (0)
1925–192? Gainsborough Trinity
192?–1927 Anston Athletic
1927 Frickley Colliery (0)
1927–1928 Liverpool 0 (0)
1928–192? Darlington 2
Denaby United
1929– Kettering Town
1930–193? Folkestone
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur Marshall Neal (20 December 1903 – 1982) was an English footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Darlington. He was on the books of Rotherham County and Liverpool without playing League football for either, and also played non-league football for Gainsborough Trinity,[1] Anston Athletic,[5] Frickley Colliery, Denaby United,[1] Kettering Town[1][6] and Folkestone.[4]

Neal was born in 1903 in Rotherham, which was then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and died there in 1982 at the age of 78.[2][3] His younger brother Dick played as a winger for clubs including Blackpool and Southampton, and Dick's son, also named Dick, played as a wing half for clubs including Birmingham City and Lincoln City in the 1950s and 1960s.[2][1][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. ^ a b c "Arthur Neal". doingthe92.com. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Arthur Marshall Neal England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837–2007". Retrieved 10 March 2017 – via FamilySearch.
  4. ^ a b "Folkestone F.C. New forwards signed on". Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald. 28 June 1930. p. 8 – via playupliverpool.com (Kjell Hanssen).
  5. ^ "Frickley's new winger". Sheffield Independent. 6 August 1927. p. 10 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "The world of sport". Portsmouth Evening News. 30 October 1929. p. 11 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Arthur Neal". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 March 2017.


Flag of EnglandSoccer icon

This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1900s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Neal_(footballer)&oldid=995923306"