Albert Chester

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Albert Chester

Personal information
Full name	Albert Edward Nixon Chester[1]
Date of birth	(1886-03-17)17 March 1886
Place of birth	Hexham, England[1]
Date of death	21 December 1962(1962-12-21) (aged 76)[2]
Place of death	West Hartlepool, England[2]
Position(s)	Inside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Wingate Albion
1911–1912	Preston North End	2	(0)
1912–1916	Croydon Common	67	(25)
1916	Millwall Athletic	1	(0)
1916–1919	Brentford	58	(10)
1919	Tottenham Hotspur	2	(0)
1919	Queens Park Rangers	1	(0)
	Ramsgate
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Edward Nixon Chester (17 March 1886 – 21 December 1962) was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his years as an inside left in the Southern League with Croydon Common and Queens Park Rangers.^[3] Earlier in his career, he played league football with Preston North End and guested for Brentford,^[1] Tottenham Hotspur and Millwall Athletic during the First World War.^[3]

Personal life

As of 1939, Chester was working as a bricklayer and living in Easington.^[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Preston North End	1910–11[3]	First Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
Croydon Common	1912–13[3]	Southern League Second Division	17	5	4	0	21	5
	1913–14[3]		27	15	1	0	28	15
	1914–15[3]	Southern League First Division	23	5	2	0	25	5
	Total		67	25	7	0	74	25
Queens Park Rangers	1919–20[4]	Southern League First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			70	25	7	0	77	25

Honours

Croydon Common

• Southern League Second Division: 1913–14^[3]

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 8. ISBN 978-1905891610.
2. Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England in Online Database Ancestry (subscription required) accessed 9 November 2019
3. "Biographies – Albert Chester" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
4. "Seasonal Stats – 1919–20". QPRnet. Retrieved 17 June 2019.