Alf Gregson

Alf Gregson
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Gregson
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
	Unitarians
	Rochdale
1913–1915	Grimsby Town
	→ Brentford (guest)
1919–1920	Bury
	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.

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[Joyce-1] Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 118. ISBN 1-905891-61-X.

[Riddoch-2] 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.

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