Alfred Homer Explained

Alfred Homer
Fullname:Alfred George Homer
Birth Date:1870
Birth Place:Birmingham, England
Death Date:7 January 1937
Death Place:Bristol, England
Manageryears1:1899–1920
Managerclubs1:Bristol Rovers

Alfred George Homer, Jr.[1] (1870 – 7 January 1937)[2] was an English professional football manager.

Homer was born in Birmingham. He became Bristol Rovers' first full-time manager-secretary in 1899, a job he held for twenty-one years until 1920. Prior to this he was assistant secretary of Aston Villa.

Homer's father, also called Alfred Homer, founded the Vulcan Brewery in Aston, Birmingham, in 1878. The business was later sold in 1899 to Mitchells & Butlers, before the brewery site was sold to HP Foods for an HP Sauce factory.[3] [4]

Homer died in Bristol on 7 January 1937 at the age of 66.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1911 England Census . Ancestry . 21 December 2023.
  2. Web site: Birth registration . FreeBMD . 21 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Birmingham Breweries . 2007-12-12 . Kieron McMahon . 2007 . MidlandsPubs.co.uk . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080517144014/http://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/breweries/birmingham.htm . 2008-05-17 .
  4. http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Alfred_Homer_Ltd Alfred Homer Ltd
  5. News: Death of Mr. Alfred G. Homer . 21 December 2023 . Western Daily Press . 8 January 1937.
  6. Web site: Death registration . FreeBMD . 21 December 2023.