Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfred Herbert Amos [1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 February 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Forest Hill, England | ||
Date of death | 27 October 1959 | (aged 66)||
Place of death | Dunstable, England | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1913 | Old Kingstonians | ||
1913–1922 | Brentford | 131 | (5) |
1922–1929 | Millwall Athletic | 217 | (13) |
Hitchin Town | |||
Managerial career | |||
1930–1937 | Hitchin Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alfred Herbert Amos (9 February 1893 – 27 October 1959) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brentford and Millwall. He is a member of the Millwall Hall of Fame.
A wing half, Amos began his career as an amateur with Old Kingstonians and joined Southern League Second Division club Brentford in 1913. [2] He remained with Brentford during the First World War and was still a regular in the team when the club was admitted to the new Football League Third Division for the 1920–21 season. [2] [3] By the time Amos transferred to Millwall in 1922, he had made 139 appearances and scored five goals for Brentford. [3] He remained with Millwall for seven seasons and was an ever-present in the team which finished the 1927–28 season as Third Division South champions, [2] which secured promotion to the Second Division for the first time in the club's history. [4] Amos' achievements were recognised posthumously with a place in the Millwall Hall of Fame. [5] He finished his career with non-league club Hitchin Town and had a successful spell as the club's manager. [2] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Amos served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War. [11]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 1914–15 [3] | Southern League Second Division | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
1919–20 [3] | Southern League First Division | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
1920–21 [3] | Third Division | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
1921–22 [3] | Third Division South | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 2 | |
Total | 131 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 139 | 5 | ||
Millwall | 1922–23 [12] | Third Division South | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
1923–24 [13] | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | ||
1924–25 [14] | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
1925–26 [15] | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 4 | ||
1926–27 [16] | 37 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||
1927–28 [4] | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
1928–29 [17] | Second Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 217 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 232 | 15 | ||
Career total | 348 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 371 | 20 |
Brentford
Millwall
Hitchin Town
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