Alf Young (footballer, born 1900)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 November 1900 | ||
| Place of birth | Wingate, County Durham, England | ||
| Date of death | 31 July 1975 (aged 74) | ||
| Playing position | Half-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Trimdon Grange | |||
| Wingate Albion | |||
| 1923–1928 | Hartlepools United | 123 | (1) |
| 1928–1929 | Gillingham | 18 | (0) |
| 1929 | Workington | ||
| 1929–1933 | Lincoln City | 148 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Alfred "Alf" Young (27 November 1900–31 July 1975) was an English professional association football player of the 1920s.
Born in Wingate, County Durham, he played for local clubs Trimdon Grange and Wingate Albion before joining Hartlepools United in 1923.[1] He made over 120 appearances for the club before he was transferred to Gillingham in 1928. He made 18 Football League appearances for the Kent-based club during the 1928–29 season, but left at the end of the season to join Workington.[2][3] Later in 1929 he joined Lincoln City and made 148 League appearances for the club, taking his total League appearances to 299. Nothing is known of his career after he left Sincil Bank.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 - 1939. Soccerdata. p. 290. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ↑ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 34. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
- ↑ Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. p. 127. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.