Albert Read (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Read[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Ealing, England | ||
| Date of death | 26 October 1959 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | New Cross, London, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Hanwell | |||
| Uxbridge | |||
| 1919–1921 | Tufnell Park | ||
| 1921–1922 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 1922–1923 | Reading | ||
| 1923–1924 | Sittingbourne | ||
| Maidstone United | |||
| International career | |||
| 1921 | England | 1 | (0) |
| England Amateurs | 2 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Albert Read (30 March 1893 – 26 October 1959) was an English international footballer who played as a right half.
Early life
Albert Read was born in Ealing, the third of four children.[1] By 1911, Read was working as a motor mechanic.[1]
Career
Read spent his early career with Hanwell and Uxbridge.[1] He joined the Army in September 1914, as a signalman and a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery, before becoming a pilot for the Royal Air Force in 1918, prior to being demobilised in March 1919.[1] Read later played for Tufnell Park, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Sittingbourne, and Maidstone United.[1] With Tufnell Park he was a runner up in the FA Amateur Cup in the 1919–20 season.[1]
He earned one cap for England in 1921.[2] He also made two appearances for the England amateur team.[1]
Later life and death
Read married in 1922, and had one son born in 1933.[1] By 1939 he was working as an engineer's draughtsman.[1] He died on 26 October 1959 at New Cross General Hospital, aged 66.[1]
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