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English footballer

Albert Farrow
Personal information
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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
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

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 96. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Players – Ellington to Folivi" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. p. 23. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. "Farrow Albert Watford 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. "Albert Ernest Farrow | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 7 January 2016.


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