Ernie Coquet

Ernie Coquet
Personal information
Full name Ernest Coquet[1]
Date of birth (1883-01-06)6 January 1883[1]
Place of birth Dunston, Tyne and Wear, England[1]
Date of death 26 October 1946(1946-10-26) (aged 63)[1]
Place of death Gateshead, England[1]
Playing position Full-back
Youth career
Seaham White Star
Gateshead Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
190?–1905 Sunderland 0 (0)
1905–1908 Reading
1908–1911 Tottenham Hotspur 77 (0)
1911–1913 Port Vale 47 (4)
1913–1914 Fulham 47 (0)
Leadgate Park
Total 171+ (4+)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Ernest "Ernie" Coquet (6 January 1883 – 26 October 1946) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back for Gateshead Town, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur, Port Vale, Fulham, and Leadgate Park.[2] He helped "Spurs" to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1908–09.

Playing career

Coquet had spells with Seaham White Star and Gateshead Town, before joining Sunderland in 1905. He left the club to join Reading without making a first team appearance. In 1908 the full-back signed for Tottenham Hotspur, together with Billy Minter, in a combined £500 deal.[3] He helped "Spurs"" to win promotion out of the Second Division with a second place finish in 1908–09, one point behind champions Bolton Wanderers. They went on to post 15th places finishes in the First Division in the 1909–10 and 1910–11 campaigns. In his three seasons at White Hart Lane he made 77 Football League, eight FA Cup and six Southern League appearances.[4] Coquet then moved onto the Central League club Port Vale, scoring five goals in 61 games and helping the club lift the Staffordshire Senior Cup in the process.[1] He was sold on to Fulham for a 'substantial' amount in January 1913.[1] The "Lilywhites" finished eighth and ninth in the Second Division in 1911–12 and 1912–13, and Coquet featured in a further 47 matches at Craven Cottage, before ending his career at Northern League club Leadgate Park.

Honours

with Tottenham Hotspur
with Port Vale

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 68. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 60. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
  3. ↑ Ernie Coquet stats Retrieved 29 April 2009
  4. ↑ A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players Retrieved 27 November 2012
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