Alf Young (footballer, born 1900)

Alf Young
Personal information
Date of birth (1900-11-27)27 November 1900
Place of birth Wingate, County Durham, England
Date of death 31 July 1975(1975-07-31) (aged 74)
Height 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1]
Position(s) Half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Trimdon Grange
Wingate Albion
1923–1928 Hartlepools United 123 (1)
1928–1929 Gillingham 18 (0)
1929 Workington
1929–1933 Lincoln City 148 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Young (27 November 1900 – 31 July 1975) was an English professional association football player of the 1920s.

Born in Wingate, County Durham, he played for local clubs Trimdon Grange and Wingate Albion before joining Hartlepools United in 1923.[2] He made over 120 appearances for the club before he was transferred to Gillingham in 1928. He made 18 Football League appearances for the Kent-based club during the 1928–29 season, but left at the end of the season to join Workington.[3][4] Later in 1929 he joined Lincoln City and made 148 League appearances for the club, taking his total League appearances to 299. Nothing is known of his career after he left Sincil Bank.[2]

  1. ^ "League clubs and their players for the coming season. Hartlepools United". Athletic News. Manchester. 4 August 1924. p. 3.
  2. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 - 1939. Soccerdata. p. 290. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 34. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  4. ^ Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. p. 127. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.