Fred Corbett

Fred Corbett
Corbett while at Brentford in 1906
Personal information
Full name Frederick Herbert Corbett[1]
Date of birth (1881-01-01)1 January 1881
Place of birth West Ham, England
Date of death 15 April 1924(1924-04-15) (aged 43)
Place of death Brentford, England
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Old St Luke's
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1899–1900 Thames Ironworks 3 (0)
1900–1901 West Ham United 33 (13)
1901–1903 Bristol Rovers
1903–1904 Bristol City 49 (14)
1904–1905 Bristol Rovers
1905–1908 Brentford 93 (37)
1908–1911 Bristol Rovers
1911–???? Gillingham
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Frederick Corbett (1 January 1881 – 15 April 1924) was a professional footballer who played for Thames Ironworks and the club's successor West Ham United,[2] before spending three spells at Bristol Rovers punctuated by time at Bristol City and Brentford.[3] Following his final departure from Bristol Rovers in 1911 he joined Gillingham. He was one of the first black footballers to play in the Football League.[4][5]

Corbett made three appearances in the Southern League for Thames Ironworks, and played a total of 139 games for Bristol Rovers in the same competition, scoring 52 goals.

Sources

  • Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. p. 489. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 66. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ↑ "Fred Corbett". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  3. ↑ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 358–359. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. ↑ "Black Footballers". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  5. ↑ Stephen Wynn (2018). Against All Odds: Walter Tull the Black Lieutenant. Pen and Sword Books. p. 30. ISBN 9781526704078. Retrieved 17 September 2018.


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