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Albert Farrow
Personal information
Full name Albert Ernest Farrow[1]
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Gainsborough, England
Date of death 28 September 1916 (aged 29)[2]
Place of death Gainsborough, England[3]
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Gainsborough WMC & Institute
1906–1908 Gainsborough Trinity 35 (1)
1908–1909 Watford 9 (0)
Worksop Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Ernest Farrow (1886 – 28 September 1916) was an English professional football left half who played in the Football League for Gainsborough Trinity.[1]

Personal life

Farrow served as a private in the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, the Green Howards and the South Staffordshire Regiment during the First World War.[4] He was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1916 and was discharged from the army in August that year.[3] Farrow died of the disease the following month and was buried in Gainsborough General Cemetery.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 96. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c J
  4. ^ "Albert Ernest Farrow | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 7 January 2016.


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