Albert Potter Explained

Albert Potter
Fullname:Albert Edward Potter[1]
Birth Date:23 September 1897
Birth Place:Exeter, England
Death Place:Exeter, England
Height:5ft 10in
Position:Left half, left back
Clubs1:Woodbury
Years2:–1922
Clubs2:Pinhoe
Years3:1922–1927
Clubs3:Exeter City
Caps3:89
Goals3:3
Years4:1927–1929
Clubs4:Wigan Borough
Caps4:67
Goals4:4
Years5:1929–1930
Clubs5:Colwyn Bay United
Clubs6:Devon General Bus Company

Private Albert Edward Potter (23 September 1897 – 4 May 1942) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Exeter City and Wigan Borough as a left half.[2]

Personal life

Potter served as a private in the Devonshire Regiment during the First World War and saw action on the Western Front (where he was wounded) and in the Siege of Kut in Mesopotamia.[3] He served as an Air Raid Warden during the Second World War and was killed during the Exeter Blitz in May 1942. Potter was buried in All Saints Cemetery, Whipton, Exeter.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 9781905891610 . Third edition, with revisions . Toton, Nottingham . 234 . 841581272.
  2. Web site: Players A to Z (N-P) . 20 May 2020 . Wigan Borough Football Club – Complete . en.
  3. Web site: Weiler . Martin . Remembering Albert Potter . 16 March 2019 . www.exetercityfc.co.uk . en-gb.