Albert_Chester

Albert Chester

Albert Chester

English footballer

For the American geologist and mining engineer, see Albert Huntington Chester.

Albert Edward Nixon Chester (17 March 1886 – 21 December 1962) was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his years as an inside left in the Southern League with Croydon Common and Queens Park Rangers.[3] Earlier in his career, he played league football with Preston North End and guested for Brentford,[1] Tottenham Hotspur and Millwall Athletic during the First World War.[3]

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Personal life

As of 1939, Chester was working as a bricklayer and living in Easington.[3]

Career statistics

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Honours

Croydon Common

References

  1. [1]
    Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 8. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. [2]
    Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England in Online Database Ancestry (subscription required) accessed 9 November 2019
  3. [3]
    "Biographies – Albert Chester" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Seasonal Stats – 1919–20". QPRnet. Retrieved 17 June 2019.


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