Samuel Young (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Young | ||
Date of birth | 14 February 1883 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland | ||
Date of death | 28 November 1954 | (aged 71)||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
????–1908 | Linfield | ? | (?) |
1908–1912 | Airdrie | 131 | (32) |
1912–1913 | Portsmouth | 13 | (3) |
1913–???? | Linfield | ? | (?) |
Total | 144 | (35) | |
International career | |||
1907–1914 | Ireland | 9 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Samuel Young (14 February 1883 – 28 November 1954) was an Irish footballer who played as a winger. Young played club football in Ireland, Scotland and England for Linfield, Airdrie and Portsmouth.[1] Young also played at international level for Ireland, scoring two goals in the 1914 British Home Championship.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sam Young". Northern Ireland Footballing Greats. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
- ^ "British Home Championship 1900-1914". RSSSF. 1 October 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
Categories:
- 1883 births
- Irish association footballers (before 1923)
- Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers
- Linfield F.C. players
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Men's association football wingers
- 1954 deaths
- Southern Football League players
- Northern Ireland association football biography stubs