Donald Coles

Donald Coles
Personal information
Full name Donald Stratton Coles[1]
Date of birth (1879-07-29)29 July 1879[1]
Place of birth Plymouth, England
Playing position Right back
Youth career
Ardingly College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Burgess Hill
Brighton Athletic
1900–1901 Brighton & Hove Rangers
1901–1902 Brighton & Hove Albion 13 (2)
1902 Leicester Fosse 1 (0)
1902–1904 Brighton & Hove Albion 5 (0)
1905–1906 St Leonards United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Donald Stratton Coles (29 July 1879 – after 1906) was an English professional footballer who played as a right back in the Football League for Leicester Fosse.[1]

Life and career

Coles was born in Plymouth in 1879.[1] His father had a dental practice in London, and sent Coles to be educated at Ardingly College in Sussex. He remained in the area after leaving school, and played amateur football for clubs including Burgess Hill, Brighton Athletic, Brighton & Hove Rangers, and Brighton & Hove Albion of the Southern League Second Division.[2] He had a brief spell with Leicester Fosse at the start of the 1902–03 season, during which he made one unsuccessful appearance in the Football League Second Division in a 5–0 defeat away to Chesterfield. Returning to Brighton & Hove Albion in December 1902,[3] he turned professional, and made a further five appearances as his team were promoted to the First Division of the Southern League. He never played at the higher level, left the club in 1904, and ended his football career with St Leonards United, also of the Southern League Second Division.[2] He worked as an insurance agent.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. 1 2 Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  3. 1 2 "Donald Coles". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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