Howard Gallier Explained

Howard Gallier
Birth Date:11 June 1872
Birth Place:Birmingham, England
Death Date:1955 (aged 82)
Death Place:Bristol, England
Position:Forward
Years1:1895–1898
Clubs1:Eastville Rovers
Years2:1898
Caps2:1

Howard Gallier (11 June 1872[1] –1955) was an association football forward, who was a key figure in the early history of Eastville Rovers Football Club (later renamed Bristol Rovers).

Gallier was born in the Aston area of Birmingham in 1872,[2] and moved to Bristol in the mid-1890s.[3] He began playing for Eastville Rovers in 1895, and was the club's top scorer for his first two seasons playing for them, netting 15 times in the 1895–96 season and a further eight times in 1896–97.[4] He played a single game for Singers F.C. (later Coventry City) in the Birmingham & District League in 1898.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1939 Register . Findmypast . subscription . 27 August 2016.
  2. Web site: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription . Findmypast . subscription . 27 August 2016.
  3. News: Unearned commission . 13 September 1923 . Western Daily Press . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 27 August 2016.
  4. Book: Byrne . Stephen . Jay . Mike . Bristol Rovers Football Club: The Definitive History 1883–2003 . 2003 . Tempus . Stroud . 0-7524-2717-2.