Alf Gregson
| 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 | Inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Unitarians | |||
| Rochdale | |||
| 1913–1915 | Grimsby Town | 49 | (12) |
| → Brentford (guest) | |||
| 1919–1920 | Bury | 15 | (1) |
| Rossendale United | |||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) | |||
Alfred "Alf" 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]
Personal life
Gregson served as a private with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[2] He was wounded near Bruay-la-Buissière in April 1916.[2]
References
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 118. ISBN 1-905891-61-X.
- 1 2 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.
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