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Albert Gardner

Albert Gardner
Personal information
Full name Albert Edward Gardner
Date of birth April 1887
Place of birth Kings Heath,Birmingham, England
Date of death (aged 36)
Place of death Birmingham, England
Playing position Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
????–1908 BSA Sports
1908–1920 Birmingham 113 (4)
1914–???? → King's Heath (loan)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Albert Edward Gardner (April 1887 – April 1923) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half. Gardner, who was profoundly deaf, was spotted by Birmingham playing for BSA Sports in the Birmingham Works League. He went on to make 120 appearances in all competitions for Birmingham in eleven years. Gardner died in Birmingham in April 1923; his death, at the age of 36, was registered in the Kings Norton district, which covered much of south Birmingham.


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