Ernie England

Ernie England (born 3 February 1901 in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England, died 22 February 1982) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as a full back. He made his debut for Sunderland on 27 December 1919 against Manchester City in a 1–0 defeat at Hyde Road.[1] Overall, at his time at Sunderland he made 335 league appearance scoring no goals, though he scored 3 own goals,[2] before joining West Ham United in 1931. He made his West Ham debut on 3 January 1931 in a 5-5 against Aston Villa.[3] Making only five appearances for West Ham he left to join Mansfield Town, for whom he made over 150 appearances.[4]

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