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English footballer (1897–1942) For the American football coach, see A. B. Potter.
Albert Potter
Personal information
Full name Albert Edward Potter
Date of birth 23 September 1897
Place of birth Exeter, England
Date of death 4 May 1942(1942-05-04) (aged 44)
Place of death Exeter, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Left half, left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Woodbury
0000–1922 Pinhoe
1922–1927 Exeter City 89 (3)
1927–1929 Wigan Borough 67 (4)
1929–1930 Colwyn Bay United
Devon General Bus Company
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Private Albert Edward Potter (23 September 1897 – 4 May 1942) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Exeter City and Wigan Borough as a left half.

Personal life

Potter served as a private in the Devonshire Regiment during the First World War and saw action on the Western Front (where he was wounded) and in the Siege of Kut in Mesopotamia. He served as an Air Raid Warden during the Second World War and was killed during the Exeter Blitz in May 1942. Potter was buried in All Saints Cemetery, Whipton, Exeter.

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 234. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
  2. ^ Weiler, Martin. "Remembering Albert Potter". www.exetercityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Players A to Z (N-P)". Wigan Borough Football Club – Complete. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. Albert Potter on Lives of the First World War


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