Shirley Abbott | |
Fullname: | Shirley Wray Abbott |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1889 |
Birth Place: | Alfreton, England |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Portsmouth, England |
Position: | Wing half, left back |
Years1: | 1906–1910 |
Clubs1: | Alfreton Town |
Years2: | 1910–1911 |
Clubs2: | The Wednesday |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1911–1913 |
Clubs3: | Derby County |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1913–1923 |
Clubs4: | Portsmouth |
Caps4: | 155 |
Goals4: | 8 |
Years5: | 1923–1924 |
Clubs5: | Queens Park Rangers |
Caps5: | 12 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1924–1928 |
Clubs6: | Chesterfield |
Caps6: | 107 |
Goals6: | 5 |
Shirley Wray Abbott (10 February 1889 – 26 September 1947) was an English professional footballer who captained Chesterfield and Portsmouth in the Football League.[2] [3] [4] A wing half, he also played League football for Queens Park Rangers and Derby County and after his retirement served Chesterfield as first team trainer between 1928 and 1939.[5]
Abbott served in the Middlesex and London Regiments during the First World War and ended the war as a sergeant in the Royal Sussex Regiment.[6] During the Second World War, Abbott worked as a dockworker in Portsmouth, where he died of cancer in 1947.
Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Derby County | 1911–12[7] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Portsmouth | 1920–21[8] | Third Division South | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | ||
1921–22 | Third Division South | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | |||
1922–23 | Third Division South | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||
Total | 96 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 100 | 3 | ||||
Queens Park Rangers | 1923–24[9] | Third Division South | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
Chesterfield | 1924–25[10] | Third Division North | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3[11] | 1 | 32 | 2 | |
1925–26[12] | Third Division North | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3[13] | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
1926–27[14] | Third Division North | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
1927–28[15] | Third Division North | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | 107 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 124 | 6 | |||
Career total | 216 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 237 | 9 |
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