Albert Cheesebrough

Albert Cheesebrough

Personal information
Full name	Albert Cheesebrough
Date of birth	(1935-01-17)17 January 1935
Place of birth	Burnley, England
Date of death	2 September 2020(2020-09-02) (aged 85)
Place of death	Southport, England
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1950–1951	Burnley
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1959	Burnley	142	(35)
1959–1963	Leicester City	122	(40)
1963–1965	Port Vale	57	(13)
1965–1967	Mansfield Town	24	(0)
Total		345	(88)
National team
1956	England under-23	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Albert Cheesebrough (17 January 1935 – 2 September 2020) was an English footballer. He was a forward. He scored 88 goals in 345 league games over a sixteen-year professional career in the Football League.

Cheesebrough died in Southport on 2 September 2020, aged 85.^[1][2]

Career statistics

Source:^[3][4]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burnley	1951–52	First Division	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
	1952–53	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1953–54	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1954–55	First Division	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
	1955–56	First Division	35	6	6	0	0	0	41	6
	1956–57	First Division	40	8	5	4	0	0	45	12
	1957–58	First Division	40	13	2	1	0	0	42	14
	Total		142	35	16	5	0	0	158	40
Leicester City	1959–60	First Division	41	15	4	2	0	0	45	17
	1960–61	First Division	35	11	5	0	2	1	42	12
	1961–62	First Division	23	11	2	0	1	0	26	11
	1962–63	First Division	23	3	0	0	2	0	25	3
	Total		122	40	11	2	5	1	138	43
Port Vale	1963–64	Third Division	25	6	1	1	1	0	27	7
	1964–65	Third Division	32	7	0	0	0	0	32	7
	Total		57	13	1	1	1	0	59	14
Mansfield Town	1965–66	Third Division	20	0	1	0	2	0	23	0
	1966–67	Third Division	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
	Total		24	0	2	0	3	0	29	0
Career total			345	88	30	8	9	1	384	97

Honours

Leicester City

• FA Cup runner-up: 1961

References

1. "Albert Cheesebrough: 1935-2020". Leicester City FC. 2 September 2020.
2. "Albert Cheesebrough: 1935-2020". www.burnleyfootballclub.com. 2 September 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
3. Albert Cheesebrough at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
4. Albert Cheesebrough at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database