Alonzo Drake

Alonzo Drake
Personal information
Full name Alonzo Robson Drake[1]
Date of birth (1884-04-16)16 April 1884
Place of birth Parkgate, Rotherham, England
Date of death 14 February 1919(1919-02-14) (aged 34)
Place of death Honley, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Parkgate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1903 Doncaster Rovers 36 (7)
1903–1907 Sheffield United 95 (20)
1907–1908 Birmingham 11 (2)
1908–1909 Queens Park Rangers 19 (5)
1909–1914 Huddersfield Town
1914–1915 Rotherham Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alonzo Robson Drake (16 April 1884 – 14 February 1919)[3] was an English footballer and first-class cricketer.

Born in Rotherham, Drake was a good all-round sportsman but initially focused on his football career. Starting out with Doncaster Rovers it would be at his next club, Sheffield United, where he enjoyed most success, playing in the top flight of English football. After leaving the Blades he had spells at Birmingham,[1] Queens Park Rangers,[4] Huddersfield Town and Rotherham Town before retiring at the outset of World War I.

Drake also played 157 matches for Yorkshire between 1909 and 1914.[5] Despite making his first-class debut at the relatively late age of 25, Drake was a vital part of the Yorkshire team in the seasons before World War I.

  1. ^ a b For Doncaster Rovers and Birmingham infobox stats: Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference blades whos who was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  4. ^ For QPR infobox stats: Westerberg, Kenneth. "1908/09". QPRnet. Ron Norris. Archived from the original (XLS) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Player profile: Alonzo Drake". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2011.