Alf Young (footballer, born 1900) explained

Alf Young
Height:[1]
Position:Half-back
Birth Date:27 November 1900
Birth Place:Wingate, County Durham, England
Years3:1923–1928
Years4:1928–1929
Years5:1929
Years6:1929–1933
Clubs1:Trimdon Grange
Clubs2:Wingate Albion
Clubs3:Hartlepools United
Clubs4:Gillingham
Clubs5:Workington
Clubs6:Lincoln City
Caps3:123
Goals3:1
Caps4:18
Goals4:0
Caps6:148
Goals6:5

Alfred Young (27 November 1900 – 31 July 1975) was an English professional association football player of the 1920s.

Born in Wingate, County Durham, he played for local clubs Trimdon Grange and Wingate Albion before joining Hartlepools United in 1923. He made over 120 appearances for the club before he was transferred to Gillingham in 1928. He made 18 Football League appearances for the Kent-based club during the 1928–29 season, but left at the end of the season to join Workington.[2] [3] Later in 1929 he joined Lincoln City and made 148 League appearances for the club, taking his total League appearances to 299. Nothing is known of his career after he left Sincil Bank.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: League clubs and their players for the coming season. Hartlepools United . Athletic News . Manchester . 4 August 1924 . 3.
  2. Book: Triggs, Roger. The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd . 2001. 0-7524-2243-X. 34.
  3. Book: Brown, Tony . The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record . Soccerdata . 2003 . 1-899468-20-X . 127.
  4. Book: Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 - 1939. Soccerdata. 2004. 1-899468-67-6. 290.