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Bobby
Gurney |
Sunderland AFC
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 |
Robert Gurney |
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Born |
13 October 1907 in Stewart Street, Silksworth, county Durham [registered in
Sunderland, December 1907]. |
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Birthplace
Notes |
His census return states that the entire
Gurney children were born in Tunstall, a Sunderland suburbia neighbouring
Silksworth. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911
census, Robert (definately stated as Robeth in the census return) is the
youngest of five children (four sons) to coal hewer, Joseph, and
Elizabeth. They live at 8 Maria Street in New Silksworth. |
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Married |
possibly to
Mary E. Davison
[registered in Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, September 1929]. |
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Died |
14 April 1994, aged
86 years x days
[registered in Sunderland, April 1994]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 10st.
3lbs [1935]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
x |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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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 |
610th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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Only match |
No. x, 6 April 1935, aged 27 years
175 days. |
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Major tournaments |
x |
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Team honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |