Albert Tye
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Edward Tye[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Boylestone, England | ||
| Date of death | (aged 33)[2] | ||
| Place of death | near Kut, Iraq | ||
| Position(s) | Left half, left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1904 | Burton United | 5 | (0) |
| 1904–1906 | Chesterfield Town | 26 | (0) |
| Tutbury Town | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Albert Edward Tye (1883 – 25 January 1917) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Chesterfield Town and Burton United as a left half and left back.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Following his football career, Tye lived in Burton upon Trent and worked as a painter.[3] On 22 January 1915, six months after the outbreak of the First World War, Tye enlisted as a private in the Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment).[4] While serving as an appointed lance corporal, he was killed in action at the Hai Salient, near Kut, Iraq, on 25 January 1917.[4][3] He is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chesterfield Town | 1904–05[5] | Second Division | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1905–06[6] | Second Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Career total | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 294. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Chesterfield FC's Roll of Honour". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Albert Edward Tye | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Line-ups – 1904–05". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Line-ups – 1905–06". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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- 1883 births
- 1917 deaths
- Footballers from Derbyshire
- English men's footballers
- Burton United F.C. players
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- North Staffordshire Regiment soldiers
- Men's association football wing halves
- Men's association football fullbacks
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Missing in action of World War I
- Military personnel from Derbyshire
- 20th-century English painters
- English male painters
- 20th-century English male artists
- Military personnel from Staffordshire
- 1910s missing person cases
- Missing person cases in the Ottoman Empire
- English football midfielder, 1880s birth stubs