Bert Maddlethwaite

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Bert Maddlethwaite
Personal information
Full name	Albert Maddlethwaite
Date of birth	May 15, 1932
Place of birth	Preston, England
Date of death	March 13, 2007
Place of death	Sheffield, England
Height	5 ft 11 in
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
1947 - 1950	Manchester United
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1947-1951 1951-1953 1953-1960 1960-1962	Manchester United Blackpool Stalybridge Celtic Glossop North End	000 (0) 008 (1) 118 (3) 00? (?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:00, 02 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Bert Maddlethwaite (born May 15, 1932 in Preston) was an English footballer. He died March 13, 2007 in Sheffield.

He began his career at Manchester United in 1947 as a 15-year-old. He spent four years, the last year of which was on a professional contract at Old Trafford, but he made no appearances in the first team.

In 1951 he moved across Lancashire to join Blackpool. In two years at the seaside, Maddlethwaite made eight appearances and scored one goal. His time at Blackpool was blighted by injury; he wasn't even present at Wembley for the Matthews Cup Final due to injury.

Later in 1953, Maddlethwaite made the move out of full-time football when he joined Stalybridge Celtic. His stay at Bower Fold was one that lasted for seven years before repeated injuries meant that the Cheshire County League was now beyond him.

Maddlethwaite joined Glosssop North End of the Lancashire Combination in 1960. He spent two years with the Hillmen. He finished playing competitive football when he became a publican.

Over the next twenty-five years he worked at several pubs across the north of England.