| Ernie Grimsdell | |
| Years9: | 1922–1923 |
| Years6: | 1917–1919 |
| Clubs6: | → Fulham (guest) |
| Caps6: | 39 |
| Years7: | 1920–1921 |
| Clubs7: | Queens Park Rangers |
| Caps7: | 20 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 1921–1922 |
| Clubs8: | Guildford City |
| Clubs9: | Queens Park Rangers |
| Caps5: | 15 |
| Caps9: | 2 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 1923– |
| Clubs10: | Chatham |
| Years11: | –1927 |
| Clubs11: | Dartford |
| Nationalyears1: | 1914 |
| Nationalteam1: | England Amateurs |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Clubs5: | Watford |
| Clubs1: | Watford |
| Fullname: | Ernest Frederick Grimsdell[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1892 8, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Watford, England |
| Death Date: | [2] |
| Death Place: | Bushey, England |
| Position: | Left back |
| Youthclubs1: | St Stephen's |
| Years1: | 1909–1910 |
| Years5: | 1913–1920 |
| Clubs2: | Watford Orient |
| Years3: | 1910–1914 |
| Clubs3: | St Albans City |
| Caps3: | 69 |
| Goals3: | 16 |
| Years4: | 1913 |
| Clubs4: | Reading |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Ernest Frederick Grimsdell (18 August 1892 – 20 September 1947) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Queens Park Rangers as a left back.[3] [4] He had a long association with Southern League club Watford and was capped by England at amateur level.[5] Grimsdell later became a referee and joined the Football League linesman list in 1932.
Grimsdell's younger brother Arthur also became a footballer. Both served in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards and the Guards Machine Gun Regiment on the Western Front during the First World War, with Ernie holding the rank of corporal.[6] He was demobilised in April 1919. Later in life, Grimsdell worked in various government departments.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| St Albans City | 1910–11[7] | Spartan League | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6[8] | 2 | 25 | 6 | |
| 1911–12[9] | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4[10] | 0 | 29 | 8 | |||
| 1912–13[11] | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8[12] | 3 | 28 | 7 | |||
| 1913–14[13] | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2[14] | 0 | 16 | 3 | |||
| Total | 69 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 98 | 24 | |||
| Reading | 1912–13 | Southern League Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | ||
| Watford | 1913–14[15] | Southern League Premier Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1914–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1919–20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1920–21[16] | Third Division | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ― | 21 | 0 | ||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1921–22[17] | Third Division South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ― | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 106 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 136 | 24 | |||
St Albans City
