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Alf
Kirchen |
Arsenal FC
3 appearances, 2 goals (1
on debut)
P 3 W 3 D
0 L 0 F 18: A 0
100% successful
1937
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Alfred John Kirchen |
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Born |
26 April 1913 in Shouldham,
Norfolk [registered in
Downham, June 1913]. |
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census notes |
According to the 1939
register, Alfred is a professional footballer and carpenter, living at 75
Pelham Road in Fulham with the Hoare family. |
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Died |
18
August 1999, aged
86 years 114 days
[registered in Norwich, August 1999]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11½", 12st.
1lb [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 schoolboy football in King's
Lynn, also playing for King's Lynn Old Boys FC. He was playing for
Shouldham FC when Norwich City FC signed him on amateur forms in October
1933, turning professional a month later. Arsenal FC bought his
services for £6000 in March 1935, only retiring through injury in 1943. |
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Club honours |
Football League Champions
1937-38; |
| Individual honours |
Football League (three
appearances) |
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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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England Career |
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Player number |
One of three to become the
633rd
players (633) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right |
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First match |
No. 209, 14 May 1937, Norway 0
England 6, an end-of-season tour match at Ullevål Stadion, Ullevål, Oslo, aged 24 years
18 days.
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Last match |
No. 211, 20 May 1937, Finland 0
England 8, an end-of-season tour match at
Töölön pallokenttä, Töölö, Helsinki, aged 24 years 24 days.
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Only the third Norfolkian to represent England.
The 700th England player to die. |
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Beyond England |
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Returned to Norwich City FC as a coach on 6
October 1948, and then as a director, as
well as being a farmer in his native county of Norfolk, at Thwaites St
Mary's. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.151. |
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Alf Kirchen - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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3 |
3 |
0 |
270 |
2 |
135
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Alf Kirchen
- Match Record - All Matches - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away - Friendly |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
+18 |
0 |
3 |
4.50 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
| All |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
+18 |
0 |
3 |
4.50 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
Notes
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CG
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