Bert Linnecor
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Roy Linnecor | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | 25 November 2012 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Lincoln, England | ||
| Playing position | Wing half / Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Brookhill Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1957 | Birmingham City | 17 | (0) |
| 1957–1964 | Lincoln City | 264 | (52) |
| 1964–1967 | Boston | ||
| 1967–1969 | Grantham Town | 71 | (10) |
| 1969–1970 | Worksop Town | ||
| 1970–1973 | Bourne Town | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1974–19xx | Ruston Sports | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Albert Roy Linnecor (30 November 1933 – 25 November 2012) was an English professional footballer who made 281 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City and Lincoln City. He played as a wing half or inside forward.
Linnecor was born in the Nechells district of Birmingham. He attended Lea Village School and played representative schools football for Saltley Boys. When he left school he worked for the Hercules Cycle and Motor Company, assembling bicycles, and played for his works team on Saturday mornings and for Brookhill Juniors on Sundays. A Birmingham City supporter, he signed for the club in 1950, initially as an amateur. After completing his National Service in the Royal Army Service Corps, he turned professional in May 1952.
He had to wait nearly four years for his first-team debut, which came on 7 March 1956, deputising for the injured Roy Warhurst in a First Division game at Huddersfield Town which finished 1–1. One of several players tried in the half-back line in the run-up to the 1956 FA Cup Final, Linnecor was not selected for that game. He played 11 times in the following season, and in April 1957 was sold to Lincoln City as a makeweight in the £15,000 deal which took Dick Neal in the opposite direction.
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