Bert Jepson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Edward Jepson | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1902 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasshoughton, England | ||
| Date of death | 18 December 1981 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Binfield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Outside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Frickley Colliery | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–1927 | Frickley Colliery | ||
| 1927–1928 | Huddersfield Town | 0 | (0) |
| 1928–1932 | Southampton | 92 | (18) |
| 1932–1933 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| 1933–1935 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 45 | (8) |
| 1948 | Hove | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Albert Edward Jepson (9 November 1902 – 18 December 1981) was an English footballer who played as an outside right for Southampton and Brighton & Hove Albion in the 1920s and 1930s.
Jepson was born in Glasshoughton, near Castleford in West Yorkshire and after leaving school worked in the coalmines, playing football with Frickley Colliery F.C. in the Midland League. He was a late-comer to professional football and it was just after his 25th birthday that he was taken on by Huddersfield Town in May 1927. At that time Huddersfield were one of the top English football clubs, having won the Football League for three consecutive seasons in the mid-1920s, finishing as runners-up in 1926–27. With Scottish international Alex Jackson well-established at No. 7, Jepson had to content himself with a year in the reserves as Huddersfield again finished the season as League runners-up, coupled with a trip to Wembley for the 1928 FA Cup Final, where they were defeated 3–1 by Blackburn Rovers.
In August 1928, Jepson was one of seven new signings as Southampton's manager Arthur Chadwick started to re-build a side that had finished a disappointing 17th in the Second Division in the previous season. Jepson went straight into the first team, making his debut in the opening match of the 1928–29 season, a 2–2 draw at Hull City. Jepson was injured in that match, and had to sit out the next two matches, before settling into the outside right position.
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