Albert Chester

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Albert Chester
Personal information
Full name Albert Edward Nixon Chester[1]
Date of birth (1886-03-17)17 March 1886
Place of birth Hexham, England[1]
Date of death 21 December 1962(1962-12-21) (aged 76)[2]
Place of death West Hartlepool, England[2]
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wingate Albion
1911–1912 Preston North End 2 (0)
1912–1916 Croydon Common 67 (25)
1916 Millwall Athletic 1 (0)
1916–1919 Brentford 58 (10)
1919 Tottenham Hotspur 2 (0)
1919 Queens Park Rangers 1 (0)
Ramsgate
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Edward Nixon Chester (17 March 1886 – 21 December 1962) was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his years as an inside left in the Southern League with Croydon Common and Queens Park Rangers.[3] Earlier in his career, he played league football with Preston North End and guested for Brentford,[1] Tottenham Hotspur and Millwall Athletic during the First World War.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 8. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England in Online Database Ancestry (subscription required) accessed 9 November 2019
  3. ^ a b "Biographies – Albert Chester" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Retrieved 7 July 2019.