Amos Moss | |
Fullname: | Amos Moss |
Birth Date: | 28 August 1921 |
Birth Place: | Birmingham, England |
Death Place: | Aldridge, England |
Position: | Left half |
Youthyears1: | –1937 |
Youthclubs1: | Birmingham Boys' Club |
Years1: | 1937–1956 |
Clubs1: | Aston Villa |
Caps1: | 103 |
Goals1: | 5 |
Clubs2: | Kettering Town |
Clubs3: | Wisbech Town |
Clubs4: | Kidderminster Harriers |
Clubs5: | Rugby Town |
Managerclubs1: | Kidderminster Harriers |
Amos Moss (28 August 1921 – 8 April 2004) was an English professional footballer who made over 100 appearances as a left half in the Football League for Aston Villa.
Moss' father Frank Sr. and brother Frank Jr. were both professional footballers.[1] He attended Burlington Street School in Aston and served in the British Armed Forces during the Second World War.[2] After retiring from football, Moss ran a newsagents in Great Barr and later worked as a salesman until his retirement in 1991. He continued to work in a newsagents, owned by retired footballer Bobby Hope, until late 2003.
Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Aston Villa | 1946–47[3] | First Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
1948–49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
1949–50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
1950–51 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
1951–52 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
1952–53 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |||
1953–54 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
1954–55 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
1955–56 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |||
Career total | 103 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 110 | 5 |
Kettering Town