Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aubrey Claude Fair | ||
Date of birth | 26 August 1881 | ||
Place of birth | Brixton, Surrey, England | ||
Date of death | 4 December 1954 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Russell Road | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
South West Ham | |||
1901–1907 | West Ham United. | 31 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Aubrey Claude Fair (26 August 1881 – 4 December 1954) was an English footballer who played mainly as a left-back for West Ham United.[1]
At age 14, Fair captained Russell Road schoolboys. He later played for South West Ham.[2]
Fair never held a permanent spot in the first team at West Ham United. He made his Hammers debut in an FA Cup game at Leyton on 3 November 1901, but this was his only appearance that season.[3] He made 12 appearances during the 1902–03 season. He featured seven times in 1903–04 and scored his only goal for the club on 17 October 1903, in a 3–2 loss to Brighton and Hove Albion at the Goldstone Ground.[4] At the end of the campaign, the West Ham hierarchy reacted to what had been a poor season for the club and a purge of players was initiated. Fair was one of only five players to remain at the club.[5]
He played ten games for the club in 1904–05, but didn't appear at all during the 1905–06 season. His last of 33 West Ham appearances was a 2–1 home win against Queens Park Rangers on 25 February 1907.[4]