Percy Brooke

Percy Brooke
Personal information
Full name Percy Brooke
Date of birth May 1893
Place of birth Kidsgrove, England
Date of death 1971 (aged 77–78)
Place of death Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Playing position Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kidsgrove Wellington
1919–1920 Stoke 11 (0)
1921–1925 Aberdare Athletic 123 (0)
1926 Swindon Town 3 (0)
1927 Accrington Stanley 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Percy Brooke (born 1893 in Kidsgrove) was an English professional football left-back.

Career

Brooke's career began with his local side Kidsgrove Wellington, from whom he joined Stoke City, playing 11 times in league matches for Stoke in the 1919-20 and 1920-21 seasons. He left Stoke to join Aberdare Athletic, playing Aberdare's side in their first ever season in league football. He went on to make 123 league appearances for Aberdare before joining Swindon Town in 1926, making his Swindon debut in September 1926 in a 2-1 win at home to A.F.C. Bournemouth. He then dropped out of the side and only returned in April 1927 when he played in a 3-2 home win over his former side Aberdare (one of Aberdare's last games as league side) and a 4-4 draw away to Gillingham.Brooke played twice for Accrington Stanley the following season before leaving league football.[1]

References

  1. ^ Matthews, Tony: "The Encyclopedia of Stoke City " (Lion Press, 1994, ISBN 1-85983-100-1)