Adrian Bird (footballer)

Adrian Bird
Personal information
Full name Adrian Lee Bird
Date of birth (1969-07-08) 8 July 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre half
Youth career
1985–1986 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1990 Birmingham City 27 (0)
1990–1991 Moor Green
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adrian Lee Bird (born 8 July 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played 27 games in the Football League for Birmingham City.[2] He played as a centre half.

Bird was born in Bristol. When he left school in 1985 he joined Birmingham City as an apprentice, turning professional two years later.[3] He made his debut for the club as a 17-year-old apprentice, on 29 December 1986 in a 1–1 draw at home to Millwall in the Second Division.[4] By the 1988–89 season Bird was beginning to establish himself as a first-team player when he suffered a knee injury which effectively ended his career.[5] He spent a year at the Football Injuries Treatment Centre at Lilleshall, and attempted a comeback with Moor Green, but was forced to retire from the game in 1991 at the age of only 21.[3]

  1. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 84. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.
  2. ^ "Birmingham City: 1947/48–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  3. ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. ^ Matthews, p. 222.
  5. ^ Matthews, p. 224.