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Albert
McInroy |
Sunderland AFC
1 caps,
3 goals against
P 1 W 0 D
1 L 0 F 3: A 3
50% successful
1926
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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|
Profile |
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Full name |
Albert McInroy |
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Born |
23 April 1901 in Walton-le-Dale, Preston,
Lancashire [no registration found]. |
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Birth notes |
Strange one is our Albert McInroy. It is only
the death registration that tells us McInroy was actually born, providing
his birthdate. But no birth registration can be found. No Albert McInroy
can be found until his son is born in 1931. Nor does he appear in two
census'. In fact, no McInroy can be found in the Preston and surrounding
area. Nor can he be found in any genological trees. Leaving only one
plausible theory. He was adopted! |
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Census Notes |
Cannot be found on
the 1901 or 1911 census returns |
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Married |
to Sarah V. Mitchell
[registered in Sunderland, June 1930]. One son, Albert H., in 1931 |
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Died |
7 January 1985 in Sunderland, aged
83 years 259 days
[registered in Sunderland, January 1985]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 13st.
2lbs [1930]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played schoolboy
football in Preston as an outside-left, before joining Upper Walton FC of
the Preston & District League in 1919. Climbed the league's when he joined
Cuppull Central FC in the West Lancashire League. He signed amateur
forms with Preston North End FC towards the end of the 1921-22 season. He
was also playing for Great Harwood FC and Leyland FC before signing for
Sunderland AFC in May 1923. After 215 league
appearances, he joined rivals, Newcastle United FC in October 1929
for a £2750 fee, playing 143 league matches.
Rejoined Sunderland AFC in June 1934 for a season
without playing any league matches, before joining Leeds United AFC
in May 1935, playing 67 league matches.
He returned to the North-East when Gateshead FC signed him in June 1937
for another 71 league matches. He retired
during the outbreak of war. But he did play for Stockton FC during the
wartime. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners 1931-32; |
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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 |
One of two
players who became 510th players (510) to
appear for England. 56th goalkeeper to appear. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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Only match |
No. 151, 20 October 1926, England
3 Ireland 3, a British Championship match at Anfield Road, Liverpool, aged
25 years
180 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championships 1926-27 |
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Team honours |
British Championships shared 1926-27 |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Became a licensee in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne/Gateshead area, including The Crown in Gateshead, The
Havelock in Houghton-le-Spring and The Bacchus in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.164. |
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