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Albert Chester
Personal information
Full name Albert Edward Nixon Chester[1]
Date of birth (1886-03-17)17 March 1886
Place of birth Hexham, England[1]
Date of death June 1943 (1943-07) (aged 57)[2]
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

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 8. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c d http://www.zen139857.zen.co.uk/CHESTER_Albert_Edward_Nixon.pdf