| Bert Ralphs | |
| Fullname: | Bertram Victor Ralphs |
| Birth Date: | 27 August 1896[1] |
| Birth Place: | Handsworth, England |
| Death Place: | Birmingham, England |
| Height: | [2] |
| Position: | Outside forward |
| Years1: | 1913 |
| Clubs1: | Dennison's |
| Years2: | 1914 |
| Clubs2: | Reading |
| Years3: | 1919 |
| Clubs3: | Nuneaton |
| Years4: | 1919–1921 |
| Clubs4: | Blackburn Rovers |
| Caps4: | 40 |
| Goals4: | 6 |
| Years5: | 1922–1925 |
| Clubs5: | Stoke |
| Caps5: | 92 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
| Years6: | 1926–1927 |
| Clubs6: | Chesterfield |
| Caps6: | 32 |
| Goals6: | 7 |
| Years7: | 1927–1929 |
| Clubs7: | Crewe Alexandra |
| Caps7: | 61 |
| Goals7: | 4 |
| Years8: | 1929 |
| Clubs8: | Stafford Rangers |
| Years9: | 1930 |
| Clubs9: | Colwyn Bay |
| Years10: | 1931 |
| Clubs10: | Northwich Victoria |
| Totalcaps: | 224 |
| Totalgoals: | 23 |
Bertram Victor Ralphs (27 August 1896 – 14 November 1942) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra and Stoke.[3] [4]
Ralphs had an interesting career as a 'fast and enterprising winger' who occasionally played as in inside-forward. He began playing football just before World War I with his works team Dennison's before he turned out for Reading and Nuneaton. After the end of the conflict Ralphs turned professional and signed for Blackburn Rovers. He played in 40 league matches scoring six goals for Rovers before being signed by Stoke in 1922. His first season with the "Potters" ended in disappointment as the club suffered relegation from the First Division. He spent the next season as back up to Tommy Broad before establishing himself as first choice right winger and was an ever-present during the 1924–25 season. He spent one more season with Stoke before leaving for Chesterfield in 1926. He later went on to play for Crewe Alexandra and Stafford Rangers.
Ralphs served as a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War.[5]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Blackburn Rovers | 1920–21 | First Division | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| 1921–22 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | |||
| Total | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 6 | |||
| Stoke | 1922–23 | First Division | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 1923–24 | Second Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1924–25 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 2 | |||
| 1925–26 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |||
| Total | 92 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 6 | |||
| Chesterfield | 1926–27[6] | Third Division North | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 8 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1927–28 | Third Division North | 42 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 5 | |
| 1928–29 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Total | 61 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 67 | 5 | |||
| Career Total | 225 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 239 | 25 | |||