Alf Jefferies (footballer, born 1922)

Alf Jefferies
Personal information
Full name Alfred James Jefferies[1]
Date of birth 9 February 1922[1]
Place of birth Oxford, England
Date of death 9 February 1998(1998-02-09) (aged 76)[1]
Place of death Oxford, England[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1947 Oxford City 169 (0)
1946 → Colchester United (guest) 1 (0)
1947–1954 Brentford 116 (0)
1954–1955 Torquay United 45 (0)
Banbury Spencer
Teams managed
Didcot Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Alfred Jefferies (9 February 1922 – 9 February 1998) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Brentford and Torquay United.

Career

Early years

A goalkeeper, Jefferies began his career as an amateur with Arsenal, before signing for hometown Isthmian League club Oxford City,[2] making an appearance in the club's final competitive match before the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.[3] He made 169 appearances for the club between 1938 and 1947.[4] While stationed at Colchester Garrison in 1946, he made an appearance for the town's local Southern League club.[5]

Brentford

Jefferies turned professional and joined Division One club Brentford in September 1947.[2] With the Bees now in Division Two, he finally made his debut in a 1–0 defeat to Southampton on 29 October 1949.[6] Jefferies went on to largely keep established goalkeepers Ted Gaskell and Reg Newton out of the team, but he finally lost his place to Newton during a disastrous 1953–54 season, in which Brentford were relegated to the Division Three South.[2] He departed Griffin Park in August 1954, having made 121 appearances during seven years with the Bees.[2]

Torquay United

Jefferies signed for Division Three South club Torquay United in August 1954 and missed just one league game during the 1954–55 season.[2] He left the club at the end of the campaign.[2]

Non-league football

Jefferies dropped into non-league football and returned home to Oxfordshire to sign for Birmingham & District League Division One club Banbury Spencer in 1955.[2] He later managed Metropolitan & District League side Didcot Town.[2]

Personal life

Jefferies' brother Ray and son Alan were contracted to Brentford, but neither made a first team appearance.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Colchester United (loan) 1945–46[5] Southern League 1 0 — 1 0
Brentford 1949–50[6] Second Division 26 0 1 0 27 0
1950–51[6] 35 0 1 0 36 0
1951–52[6] 17 0 0 0 17 0
1952–53[6] 35 0 3 0 38 0
1953–54[6] 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 116 0 5 0 121 0
Career total 117 0 5 0 122 0

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Alf Jefferies". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 87. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. ↑ "OXFORD CITY FC – HISTORY & STATISTICS". citystats.moonfruit.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Players (Alphabetic)". docs.google.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Alf Jeffries – Players – Colchester United". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 380–382. ISBN 0951526200.


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