Joe North

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Joe North
Personal information
Full name	Ernest Joseph North
Date of birth	23 September 1895
Place of birth	Burton-on-Trent, England
Date of death	24 August 1955
Place of death	Havant, England
Height	unknown
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	n/a
Number	n/a
Youth clubs
unknown	unknown
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
? 1914 ? 1919-1922 1922-1923 1923-1924 1924-1926 1926-? ?	Atlas & Norfolk Works Sheffield United Tank Corps Arsenal Reading Gillingham Norwich City Watford Northfleet United	unknown 00 0(0) unknown 23 0(6) 04 0(0) 39 (11) 56 (19) 06 0(0) unknown
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:04, 21 November 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Ernest Joseph "Joe" North (born Burton-on-Trent, 23 September 1895, died Havant, 24 August 1955) was an English professional football and cricket player.

North's early career was interrupted by World War I, where he fought in the Army, winning the Military Medal. However, during this time he guested for Sheffield United, before joining Arsenal after the war's end, in 1919, as an amateur. A centre forward, he was mainly a reserve in the side, as understudy to Henry White and Fred Pagnam.^[1] He still scored on his League debut, though, in a First Division match against Oldham Athletic on February 7, 1920. However, he could not fully break into the team, making 23 appearances (scoring six goals) in three seasons before leaving Arsenal for Reading in May 1922.^[1]

He later played for Watford, Norwich City and Gillingham.^[2] After retiring he was briefly a coach at Northfleet United. He also played cricket for Middlesex CCC and later became an umpire in the Minor Counties Championship.^[1]

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