Albert Watson (footballer, born 1918)
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 June 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Bolton on Dearne, England | ||
Date of death | 22 October 2009 | (aged 91)||
Place of death | Sunderland, England | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1937–1948 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | (0) |
1948–1950 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Albert Watson (1 June 1918 – 22 October 2009) was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town and Oldham Athletic. He was born in Bolton on Dearne, near Barnsley, Yorkshire. For many years he had a sports shop in Sunderland trading as Willie Watson Sports, and he died in Sunderland in 2009.
References
[edit]- Ian Thomas; Owen Thomas; Alan Hodgson; John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield Town A.F.C. ISBN 978-0955728105.
External links
[edit]- Albert Watson at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Albert Watson's obituary
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2009 deaths
- English men's footballers
- People from Bolton upon Dearne
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
- Men's association football wing halves
- English Football League players
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football midfielder, 1910s birth stubs