Albert Chester
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Edward Nixon Chester[1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 March 1886 | ||
Place of birth | Hexham, England[1] | ||
Date of death | June 1943[2] | (aged 57)||
Place of death | Don Valley, England[2] | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Wingate Albion | |||
1911–1912 | Preston North End | 2 | (0) |
1912–1916 | Croydon Common | 67 | (25) |
1916 | Millwall Athletic | 1 | (0) |
1916–1919 | Brentford | 58 | (10) |
1919 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | (0) |
1919 | Queens Park Rangers | 1 | (0) |
Ramsgate | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Albert Edward Nixon Chester (17 March 1886 – June 1943) was an English professional football inside left, best remembered for his years in the Southern League with Croydon Common and Queens Park Rangers.[2] Earlier in his career, he played league football at Preston North End and guested for Brentford,[1] Tottenham Hotspur and Millwall Athletic during the First World War.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 8. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b c d http://www.zen139857.zen.co.uk/CHESTER_Albert_Edward_Nixon.pdf
Categories:
- 1886 births
- English footballers
- People from Hexham
- Brentford F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Association football inside forwards
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Croydon Common F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- 1943 deaths
- Brentford F.C. wartime guest players
- Millwall F.C. wartime guest players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. wartime guest players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Ramsgate F.C. players
- Wingate Albion F.C. players
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs