Alf Gregson

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Alf Gregson
Personal information
Full name Alfred Gregson[1]
Date of birth (1889-03-02)2 March 1889
Place of birth Bury, England
Date of death March 1968 (aged 78–79)
Place of death Heywood, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Unitarians
1911–1913 Rochdale 74 (36)
1913–1915 Grimsby Town 49 (12)
1915–1917Brentford (guest) 21 (11)
1919–1921 Bury 15 (1)
1921–1922 Rossendale United 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Gregson (2 March 1889 – March 1968) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Bury.[1][3]

Personal life

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Gregson was married with a daughter born in 1915 and a son, who died in infancy in May 1917.[4] In 1914, he was working as a tinsmith.[4] In February 1915, six months after the outbreak of the First World War, Gregson enlisted as a private with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.[4] He suffered a gunshot wound to the left thigh near Bruay-la-Buissière in April 1916.[5][6] Gregson finished the war as a corporal in the 4th (Service) Battalion and was discharged from the army in March 1920.[6]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rochdale 1910–11[7] Lancashire Combination First Division 15 2 15 2
1911–12[7] Lancashire Combination First Division 32 21 1 0 6[a] 4 39 25
1912–13[7] Central League 27 13 5 4 5[b] 2 37 19
Total 74 36 6 4 11 6 91 46
Grimsby Town 1914–15[8] Second Division 15 1 0 0 15 1
Career total 89 37 6 4 11 6 106 47
  1. ^ 5 appearances and 4 goals in Manchester Senior Cup, 1 appearance in Lancashire Senior Cup
  2. ^ 3 appearances and 1 goal in Manchester Senior Cup, 2 appearances and 1 goal in Lancashire Senior Cup

Honours

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Rochdale

References

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  9. ^ Rochdale A.F.C. at the Football Club History Database