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Walter
Alsford |
Tottenham Hotspur
FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 0:
A 2
0% successful
1935
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Walter John
Alsford |
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Born |
6 November 1911
in Edmonton, London [registered as Walter J. in Edmonton, December
1911] |
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Notes |
Married Ellen Gosling in
Edmonton, registered December 1931. |
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Died |
3 June 1968 |
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Height/Weight |
5' 10½", 11st
11lbs [1935] |
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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) |
Began with
Tottenham Schools and London Schools before joining Tottenham Hotspur FC
on amateur forms in May 1929. Going through his development with
Cheshunt FC and Northfleet FC before becoming professional in August 1930.
Joined Nottingham Forest FC in January 1937. Retired from playing in
May 1938. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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 |
609th player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half. |
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First & last match |
No. 197, 6 April 1935, Scotland 2 England 0, a British Championship match
at Hampden Park, Glasgow, aged 23 years 151 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1934-35; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship 1934-35 (shared); |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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After retiring, worked as a licencee at
Nottingham, Brighton and Bedford. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.11. |