Albert Geldard

Albert Geldard
Personal information
Date of birth (1914-04-11)11 April 1914
Place of birth Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Date of death 19 October 1989(1989-10-19) (aged 75)
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
Bradford Schools
Manningham Mills
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928–1932 Bradford Park Avenue 34 (6)
1932–1938 Everton 180 (38)
1938–1939 Bolton Wanderers 20 (1)
1946 Darwen
1946–1947 Bolton Wanderers 9 (1)
Total 243 (46)
International career
1933–1937 England 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Geldard (11 April 1914 – 19 October 1989) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right for Bradford Park Avenue, Everton, Bolton Wanderers and Darwen. At Everton he won the FA Cup Final in 1933. He made four appearances for England during 1933–1937. At Bradford Park Avenue; he became known as the youngest player to appear in the Football League, a distinction shared jointly with Ken Roberts until Reuben Noble-Lazarus took the record in 2008.

  1. ^ "Everton. Not stampeded". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. iv – via Newspapers.com.