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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfred Common | ||
Date of birth | 25 May 1880 | ||
Place of birth | Sunderland, County Durham, England | ||
Date of death | 3 April 1946 | (aged 65)||
Place of death | Darlington, County Durham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1900–1901 | Sunderland | 18 | (6) |
1901–1904 | Sheffield United | 67 | (22) |
1904–1905 | Sunderland | 20 | (6) |
1905–1910 | Middlesbrough | 168 | (58) |
1910–1912 | Woolwich Arsenal | 77 | (23) |
1912–1914 | Preston North End | 35 | (9) |
Total | 385 | (124) | |
International career | |||
1904–1906 | England | 3 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alfred Common (25 May 1880 in Millfield (Sunderland) – 3 April 1946 in Darlington) was an English footballer who played at inside forward or centre forward. He is most famous for being the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000 on his transfer to Middlesbrough from Sunderland in 1905.[1]