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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 with Preston North End and guested for Brentford,[1] Tottenham Hotspur and Millwall Athletic during the First World War.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Preston North End 1910–11[2] First Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Croydon Common 1912–13[2] Southern League Second Division 17 5 4 0 21 5
1913–14[2] 27 15 1 0 28 15
1914–15[2] Southern League First Division 23 5 2 0 25 5
Total 67 25 7 0 74 25
Queens Park Rangers 1919–20[3] Southern League First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 70 25 7 0 77 25

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 e f g h "Croydon Common FC – Biographies – Albert Chester" (PDF).
  3. ^ "QPRnet – Seasonal Stats – 1919–20".


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