Ernie England | |
Birth Date: | 1901 2, df=y |
Birth Place: | Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England |
Height: | [1] |
Position: | Defender |
Years2: | 1919–1929 |
Clubs2: | Sunderland |
Caps2: | 355 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1930–1931 |
Caps3: | 5 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1931–1934 |
Caps4: | 130 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Clubs5: | Frickley |
Totalcaps: | 490 |
Totalgoals: | 3 |
Ernie England (3 February 1901 – 22 February 1982) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as a full back. He made his debut for Sunderland on 27 December 1919 against Manchester City in a 1–0 defeat at Hyde Road.[2] Overall, at his time at Sunderland he made 335 league appearances scoring no goals, though he scored 3 own goals,[3] before joining West Ham United in 1931. He made his West Ham debut on 3 January 1931 in a 5–5 against Aston Villa.[4] Making only five appearances for West Ham he left to join Mansfield Town, for whom he made over 150 appearances.[5] In 1936 he joined Frickley and became club captain.[6]