Fred Corbett
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frederick Corbett | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1881 | ||
Place of birth | West Ham, England | ||
Date of death | 15 April 1924 | (aged 43)||
Place of death | Brentford, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1899–1900 | Thames Ironworks | 3 | (0) |
1900–1901 | West Ham United | ||
1901–1903 | Bristol Rovers | ||
1903–1904 | Bristol City | ||
1904–1905 | Bristol Rovers | ||
1905–1908 | Brentford | ||
1908–1911 | Bristol Rovers | ||
1911–???? | Gillingham | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Frederick 'Fred' Corbett (born 1 January 1881) was a professional footballer who played for Thames Ironworks and the club's successor West Ham United, before spending three spells at Bristol Rovers punctuated by time at Bristol City and Brentford. Following his final departure from Bristol Rovers in 1911 he joined Gillingham.
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 (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. p. 489. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
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Categories:
- 1881 births
- 1924 deaths
- People from West Ham
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Bristol Rovers F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Gillingham F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Black British sportspeople
- Thames Ironworks F.C. players
- English football defender, 1880s birth stubs