Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfred Gregson [1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Bury, England | ||
Date of death | March 1968 (aged 78–79) | ||
Place of death | Heywood, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Unitarians | |||
1911–1913 | Rochdale | 74 | (36) |
1913–1915 | Grimsby Town | 49 | (12) |
1915–1917 | → Brentford (guest) | 21 | (11) |
1919–1921 | Bury | 15 | (1) |
1921–1922 | Rossendale United | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alfred Gregson (2 March 1889 – March 1968) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Bury. [1] [3]
Gregson was married with a daughter born in 1915 and a son, who died in infancy in May 1917. [4] In 1914, he was working as a tinsmith. [4] In February 1915, six months after the outbreak of the First World War, Gregson enlisted as a private with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. [4] He suffered a gunshot wound to the left thigh near Bruay-la-Buissière in April 1916. [5] [6] Gregson finished the war as a corporal in the 4th (Service) Battalion and was discharged from the army in March 1920. [6]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rochdale | 1910–11 [7] | Lancashire Combination First Division | 15 | 2 | ― | ― | 15 | 2 | ||
1911–12 [7] | Lancashire Combination First Division | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 6 [a] | 4 | 39 | 25 | |
1912–13 [7] | Central League | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 [b] | 2 | 37 | 19 | |
Total | 74 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 91 | 46 | ||
Grimsby Town | 1914–15 [8] | Second Division | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ― | 15 | 1 | |
Career total | 89 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 106 | 47 |
Rochdale
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Alfred Gregson [1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Bury, England | ||
Date of death | March 1968 (aged 78–79) | ||
Place of death | Heywood, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Unitarians | |||
1911–1913 | Rochdale | 74 | (36) |
1913–1915 | Grimsby Town | 49 | (12) |
1915–1917 | → Brentford (guest) | 21 | (11) |
1919–1921 | Bury | 15 | (1) |
1921–1922 | Rossendale United | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alfred Gregson (2 March 1889 – March 1968) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Bury. [1] [3]
Gregson was married with a daughter born in 1915 and a son, who died in infancy in May 1917. [4] In 1914, he was working as a tinsmith. [4] In February 1915, six months after the outbreak of the First World War, Gregson enlisted as a private with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. [4] He suffered a gunshot wound to the left thigh near Bruay-la-Buissière in April 1916. [5] [6] Gregson finished the war as a corporal in the 4th (Service) Battalion and was discharged from the army in March 1920. [6]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rochdale | 1910–11 [7] | Lancashire Combination First Division | 15 | 2 | ― | ― | 15 | 2 | ||
1911–12 [7] | Lancashire Combination First Division | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 6 [a] | 4 | 39 | 25 | |
1912–13 [7] | Central League | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 [b] | 2 | 37 | 19 | |
Total | 74 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 91 | 46 | ||
Grimsby Town | 1914–15 [8] | Second Division | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ― | 15 | 1 | |
Career total | 89 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 106 | 47 |
Rochdale