Personal information | |||
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Full name | Shirley Wray Abbott [1] | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Alfreton, England | ||
Date of death | 26 September 1947[2] | (aged 58)||
Place of death | Portsmouth, England | ||
Position(s) | Wing half, left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1906–1910 | Alfreton Town | ||
1910–1911 | The Wednesday | 0 | (0) |
1911–1913 | Derby County | 1 | (0) |
1913–1923 | Portsmouth | 155 | (8) |
1923–1924 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | (0) |
1924–1928 | Chesterfield | 107 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Shirley Wray Abbott (10 February 1889 – 26 September 1947) was an English professional footballer who captained Chesterfield and Portsmouth in the Football League. [1] [3] [4] A wing half, he also played League football for Queens Park Rangers and Derby County and after his retirement served Chesterfield as first team trainer between 1928 and 1939. [1] [4] [5]
Abbott served in the Middlesex and London Regiments during the First World War and ended the war as a sergeant in the Royal Sussex Regiment. [6] During the Second World War, Abbott worked as a dockworker in Portsmouth, where he died of cancer in 1947. [4]
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Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Derby County | 1911–12 [7] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Portsmouth | 1920–21 [8] | Third Division South | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | |
1921–22 [8] | Third Division South | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
1922–23 [8] | Third Division South | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
Total | 96 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 100 | 3 | |||
Queens Park Rangers | 1923–24 [9] | Third Division South | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
Chesterfield | 1924–25 [10] | Third Division North | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 [a] | 1 | 32 | 2 |
1925–26 [11] | Third Division North | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 [b] | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
1926–27 [12] | Third Division North | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 [b] | 0 | 35 | 3 | |
1927–28 [13] | Third Division North | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 107 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 124 | 6 | ||
Career total | 216 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 237 | 9 |
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