Alf Gregson
Alfred Gregson (2 March 1889 – March 1968) was an English professional football inside left who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Bury.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Gregson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Bury, England | ||
| Date of death | March 1968 (aged 78–79) | ||
| Place of death | Heywood, England | ||
| Playing position(s) | Inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Unitarians | |||
| 1911–1913 | Rochdale | ||
| 1913–1915 | Grimsby Town | 49 | (12) |
| 1915–1917 | → Brentford (guest) | 21 | (11) |
| 1919–1921 | Bury | 15 | (1) |
| 1921–1922 | Rossendale United | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Personal life
Gregson was married with a daughter born in 1915 and a son, who died in infancy in May 1917.[3] In 1914, he was working as a tinsmith.[3] 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.[3] He suffered a gunshot wound to the left thigh near Bruay-la-Buissière in April 1916.[4][5] Gregson finished the war as a corporal in the 4th (Service) Battalion and was discharged from the army in March 1920.[5]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Grimsby Town | 1914–15[6] | Second Division | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Career total | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
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References
- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 118. ISBN 1-905891-61-X.
- White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–364. ISBN 0-9515262-0-0.
- "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-85733-077-2.
- Alf Gregson on Lives of the First World War
- "Grimsby Town Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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