Louis Bookman
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Louis James Arthur Oscar Buckhalter | ||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Žagarė, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | ||
| Date of death | 10 June 1943 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Outside-left | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dublin Adelaide | |||
| Frankfurt | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1910–1911 | Belfast Celtic | ||
| 1911–1914 | Bradford City | 32 | (2) |
| 1914–1915 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | (1) |
| 1915–1916 | Glentoran | 23 | (1) |
| 1916–1919 | Shelbourne | 6 | (1) |
| 1919–1922 | Luton Town | 72 | (4) |
| 1923–1924 | Port Vale | 10 | (0) |
| 1924–1925 | Shelbourne | 8 | (2) |
| Total | 167 | (11) | |
| National team | |||
| 1911 | Ireland amateur | 1 | (0) |
| 1914–1921 | Ireland | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Louis Bookman (also known as Buckhalter or Buchalter; 6 November 1890 – 10 June 1943) was an Irish sportsman of Lithuanian Jewish origin who represented Ireland in both football and cricket. Born the son of a rabbi in Lithuania, he arrived in Ireland in 1895 when his family emigrated to escape antisemitism; his family subsequently adopted the name Bookman.
Bookman represented numerous football clubs, moving from Belfast Celtic to English club Bradford City in 1911. Three years later he switched to West Bromwich Albion, before the First World War led him to return to Ireland to play for Glentoran and then Shelbourne. He won the County Antrim Shield with Glentoran and helped Shelbourne to a Leinster Cup and league win in 1918–19. He returned to the Football League of England to sign for Luton Town in 1919, and played over 100 games for the club before joining Port Vale in September 1923. He returned to Shelbourne the following year. He also won four caps for Ireland, and helped the Irish to claim victory in the 1914 edition of the British Home Championship.
In his cricket career, he represented the Railway Union Cricket Club, the Leinster Cricket Club, Bedfordshire, and Ireland. A left-handed batsman and left-arm spin bowler, he played in nine first-class international matches. After his career in sports was over, he worked in Ireland on the railways, and also entered the jewellery business.
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