Alf Webb

Alf Webb
Personal information
Full name Alfred Webb[1]
Date of birth 1878[1]
Date of death 25 August 1932 (aged 53–54)[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
189x–1899 Mansfield
1899–1904 Lincoln City 131 (0)
1904–19xx Mansfield Mechanics

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Alfred "Alf" Webb (1878 – 25 August 1932) was an English professional footballer who made 131 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City as a goalkeeper.[3]

Webb worked as a coal miner[1] and played for Mansfield before joining Lincoln in the 1899 close season.[2] He made 144 appearances for the club in all senior competitions,[1] and later played for Mansfield Mechanics.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Alfred Webb". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "The coming season. Prospects of the principal clubs". Sheffield & Rotherham Independent. 30 August 1899. p. 7.
  3. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.


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