Albert Brallisford

Albert Brallisford
Personal information
Date of birth9 October 1911
Place of birthBelle Vue, County Durham, England
Date of death1991
Playing positionCentre forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
West Hartlepool Perseverance
Trimdon Grange Colliery
1932Southport1(1)
1933–1935Blackpool17(8)
1936–1937Darlington39(26)
1937Gillingham14(3)
Glentoran
Blackhall Colliery Welfare
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Albert Brallisford (9 October 1911 – 1991) was an English professional footballer. A centre forward, he played for several Football League clubs in the 1930s.

Career

After beginning in local football with West Hartlepool Perseverance and Trimdon Grange Colliery, Brallisford joined Southport in 1932. After one League game, in which he scored for the Sandgrounders, he moved up the coast and joined Blackpool. He played seventeen League games for the Bloomfield Road club, finding the net on eight occasions.

In 1936 he signed for Darlington, for whom he scored 26 goals in 39 League outings. After one season, however, he left to join Gillingham in 1937. He made fourteen League appearances for the Gills, scoring three goals.

He spent a brief spell in Northern Ireland with Glentoran, before retiring with Blackhall Colliery Welfare.

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