Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Ernest Farrow | ||
Date of birth | 1886 | ||
Place of birth | Gainsborough, England | ||
Date of death | 28 September 1916 (aged 29) | ||
Place of death | Gainsborough, England | ||
Position(s) | Left half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1905–1906 | Gainsborough WMC & Institute | ||
1906–1908 | Gainsborough Trinity | 35 | (1) |
1908–1909 | Watford | 9 | (0) |
1909–1912 | Worksop Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Albert Ernest Farrow (1886 – 28 September 1916) was an English professional footballer who played as a left half in the Football League for Gainsborough Trinity.
Personal life
Farrow served as a private in the Lincolnshire Regiment, the Green Howards and the South Staffordshire Regiment during the First World War. He was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1916 and was discharged from the army in August that year. Farrow died of the disease the following month and was buried in Gainsborough General Cemetery.
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Watford | 1908–09 | Southern League First Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Career total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
References
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 96. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Players – Ellington to Folivi" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. p. 23. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "Farrow Albert Watford 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- "Albert Ernest Farrow | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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- British Army personnel of World War I
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- South Staffordshire Regiment soldiers
- Worksop Town F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
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