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Albert
Allen |
Aston Villa FC
1 cap, 3 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 5:
A 1
100% successful
1888
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Albert Allen |
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Notes |
An non-contemporary source
names him as Albert
Arthur Allen. |
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Born |
7 April 1867 in
Aston, Birmingham [registered in Birmingham, June 1867 - so too was
an Albert Harry Alrdidge] |
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Notes |
According to the 1881 census,
this 14-year old was a Metal Roller, the third son of six, living with his
mother (after his father had died), at 469 Park Road, Birmingham. |
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There are four different
Albert Allen's within age, in the Birmingham District, only one was born
in 1867 (the others born in 1866 and 1868) |
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Died |
13 October 1899
in Birmingham, aged 32 [registered
in Birmingham, December 1899] |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Notes |
Actual birthdate and a middle name suggestion
of Arthur provided by
The Aston Villa Player Database. Although the Football Association
give his date of birth as 1st April and no middle name. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Started
with St. Phillips FC in Aston before joining Aston Villa FC in August
1884. Forced to retire through illness in May 1891. Scored 27 goals in 44 league games. |
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Club honours |
None. |
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Individual honours |
None. |
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Distinctions |
Allen scored Aston Villa's first Football
League hat-trick in a 9-1 home win over Notts County on 29 September 1888. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
five players who became the 147th player to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left |
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First & last match |
No. 34, 7 April
1888, Ireland 1 England 5, a British Championship match at Ulster
Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast, aged 21 years 0
days.
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1887-88; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship 1887-88; |
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Individual honours |
None. |
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Distinctions |
None. |
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Beyond England |
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After football, worked in Birmingham, doing
what? we do not know, until his ill-health ultimately took his life. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.9/10. |