Albert Evans (footballer, born 1874)

Albert Evans
Personal information
Full name Albert James Evans[1]
Date of birth 18 March 1874
Place of birth Barnard Castle, England
Date of death 24 March 1966(1966-03-24) (aged 92)[2]
Place of death Warwick, England
Playing position Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1890– Barnard Castle
1896–1907 Aston Villa 178 (0)
1907–1909 West Bromwich Albion 37 (0)
National team
1900 Football League XI 1 (0)
Teams managed
1920–1924 Coventry City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Albert James Evans (18 March 1874 – 24 March 1966) was an English professional football left back who made over 170 appearances in the Football League for Aston Villa.[1][3][4][5] After his retirement as a player he managed Coventry City and coached Aston Villa and Sarpsborg FK.[2][6]

Personal life

Evans served as a corporal in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment during the First World War.[7] Later in life he travelled the world and his jobs included sheep farming and gold prospecting in Canada.[2] He returned to England in 1950.[2]

Honours

Aston Villa

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aston Villa 1896–97[8] First Division 15 0 7 0 22 0
1897–98[8] 30 0 1 0 31 0
1898–99[8] 28 0 1 0 29 0
1899–00[8] 26 0 6 0 32 0
1900–01[8] 25 0 6 0 31 0
1901–02[8] 4 0 0 0 4 0
1902–03[8] 18 0 0 0 18 0
1903–04[8] 14 0 1 0 15 0
1904–05[8] 4 0 1 0 5 0
1905–06[8] 14 0 1 0 15 0
Total 178 0 24 0 202 0
West Bromwich Albion 1907–08[9] Second Division 19 0 3 0 22 0
1908–09[10] 18 0 0 0 18 0
Total 37 0 3 0 40 0
Career total 215 0 27 0 242 0

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 93. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Albert Evans". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Aston Villa Player Database". www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Evans Albert Image 1 Aston Villa 1896 – Vintage Footballers". vintagefootballers.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Albert James Evans". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  6. ↑ Gibbons, Brett (16 February 2012). "Aston Villa legend Albert Evans's medals set to net £6,000 in Jewellery Quarter auction". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Albert James Evans | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Albert Evans". 11v11.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Albion Till We Die – An Independent West Bromwich Albion Website". www.albiontillwedie.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Albion Till We Die – An Independent West Bromwich Albion Website". www.albiontillwedie.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2017.


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