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Pat
Beasley |
Huddersfield Town
AFC
1 appearance, 1 debut goal
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 2:
A 1
100% successful
1939
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Albert Beasley |
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Born |
16 July 1913 in
Stourbridge, Worcestershire [registered in
Stourbridge, September 1913]. |
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census notes |
According to passenger
lists, Pat was one of many footballers arriving at Southampton on 21 July
1939 from South Africa on board the UCL Athlone Castle. His address was
stated as being 126 Broomfield Road.
According to the 1939
register, Albert is a professional footballer, and living at 126
Broomfield Road in the Marsh area of Huddersfield, with the Shaw's. |
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Died |
27 February 1986 in
Taunton, Somerset, aged
72 years 226 days
[registered in Taunton Dean, February 1986]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 11st.
2lbs [1938]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played school
football with Brierley Hills, and played local league football with
Cookesley FC and the Stourbridge FC. Arsenal FC signed him in May 1931,
paying a £550 transfer fee. After 79
league appearances and nineteen goals, he joined Huddersfield Town
AFC on 9 October 1936 for £750. Returned to London with Arsenal
FC during the war and also following the war
and after 108 league appearances, and 24 goals for Town,
Fulham FC signed him on 6 December 1945,
making 153 league appearances, scoring thirteen times. Joining
Bristol City FC as player-manager on 20 July 1950. He retired from playing in
May 1952 after 66 league appearances and scored
five goals. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Champions 1933-34, 1934-35; FA Cup
winners 1935-36 (did not play), runners-up 1937-38;
Football League Division Two winners 1948-49; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management Career |
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Club(s) |
After retiring
from playing in May 1952, Beasley continued to manage Bristol City FC
until January 1958. He became joint manager of Birmingham City FC the
following month, and took on sole responsibility from September 1958. He
then became the team manager from January 1959 until May 1960. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division Three South winners 1954-55;
Inter Cities Fair Cup runners-up 1959-60; |
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England Career |
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Player number |
653rd
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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Only match |
No. 223, 15 April 1939, Scotland 1 England 2,
a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 25 years
273 days.
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Major tournaments |
British Championship
1938-39; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared
1938-39; |
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Individual honours |
FA
Tour party of South Africa 1939;
England War-time (two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
The eighth Worcestershirian to represent England |
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Beyond England |
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After leaving management, Beasley became the
scout of Fulham FC from 1960 for a year, until he took up the management
mantel again at Dover Athletic FC, from the middle of 1961 until April
1964. After retiring from
football, he lived in Chard in Somerset. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.29. |
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