Fred Corbett
For the full back active in the 1920 and 1930s, see Fred Corbett (footballer, born 1909).
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frederick Herbert Corbett[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1881 | ||
Place of birth | West Ham, England | ||
Date of death | 15 April 1924 43) | (aged||
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 'Fred' 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]
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.
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 66. ISBN 190589161X.
- ↑ "Fred Corbett". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- ↑ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 358–359. ISBN 0951526200.
- ↑ "Black Footballers". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
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