Alf Gregson
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfred Gregson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Bury, England | ||
Date of death | March 1968 (aged 78–79) | ||
Place of death | Heywood, England | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Unitarians | |||
Rochdale | |||
1913–1915 | Grimsby Town | 49 | (12) |
→ Brentford (guest) | |||
1919–1920 | Bury | 15 | (1) |
Rossendale United | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alfred "Alf" Gregson (2 March 1889–March 1968) was an English professional football inside left who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Bury.[1]
Personal life
Gregson served as a private with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[2] He was wounded near Bruay-la-Buissière in April 1916.[2]
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 118. ISBN 1-905891-61-X.
- ^ a b Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-85733-077-2.
Categories:
- English footballers
- The Football League players
- Association football inside forwards
- Rochdale A.F.C. players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- 1889 births
- People from Bury
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Middlesex Regiment soldiers
- Brentford F.C. wartime guest players
- Bury F.C. players
- Rossendale United F.C. players
- 1968 deaths
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs