Bert Trueman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Henry Trueman | ||
| Date of birth | 1882 | ||
| Place of birth | Leicester, England | ||
| Date of death | 1961 (aged 78–79) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Wigston Excelsior | ||
| – | Grasmere Swifts | ||
| 1899 | Leicester Fosse | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Hinckley Town | ||
| – | Coalville Town | ||
| – | St Andrews (Leicester) | ||
| 1905–1908 | Leicester Fosse | 43 | (2) |
| 1908–1911 | Southampton | 87 | (4) |
| 1911–1913 | Sheffield United | 55 | (0) |
| 1913–1915 | Darlington | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Albert Henry Trueman (1882–1961) was an English footballer who played as a half-back for various clubs in the early twentieth century.
Trueman was born in Leicester and educated at Holy Trinity School, from where he was selected to represent Leicestershire Schools. After spells with various local clubs, including Hinckley Town, playing in the Midland League, and Coalville Town of the Leicestershire Senior League, in August 1905 he joined Leicester Fosse of the Football League Second Division as cover for Bob Pollock who had been the regular left-half since 1902. In his three seasons with the Filbert Street club, Trueman made 47 first-team appearances, scoring three goals, before a move in May 1908 to the south coast to join Southampton of the Southern League.
He was recruited by the "Saints" as replacement for the former England international Harry Hadley who had just retired from professional football. Despite being considered too small to be a half-back, Trueman soon proved that his judgement and skill made up for his lack of height and he showed himself to be "quick, resourceful and decisive in action (who was) overall a most difficult obstacle for opposing forwards". His debut came on 7 September 1908 in a 4–1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion, when Frank Jefferis scored a hat-trick. He soon became established at left-half, alongside Frank Thorpe or Sam Jepp in the centre and John Johnston on the right, although Trueman was able to play in any of the half-back positions. In the 1908–09 season, Trueman made 31 league appearances, with Southampton finishing third in the table, having led the table until a run of injuries to key players such as Thorpe and Jefferis in mid-season disrupted the side.
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