Albert Bloxham
Albert Bloxham (26 November 1905 – 29 August 1996) was an English professional footballer who scored 13 goals in 80 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, Chesterfield and Millwall.[1] He played as an outside right.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 November 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Solihull, England | ||
| Date of death | 29 August 1996 (aged 90) | ||
| Place of death | Crawley, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1925–192? | Overton-on-Dee | ||
| 192x–1926 | Oswestry Town | ||
| 1926–1927 | Torquay United | ||
| 1927–1928 | Birmingham | 3 | (1) |
| 1928 | Rhyl Athletic | ||
| 1928 | Chesterfield | 7 | (1) |
| 1928–1929 | Raith Rovers | ||
| 1929–1931 | Yeovil & Petters United | ||
| 1931–1933 | Millwall | 70 | (11) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bloxham was born in Solihull, which was then part of Warwickshire. He began his football career with Overton-on-Dee while working as an office clerk, then played for Oswestry Town and for Torquay United in the 1926–27 season[2] when they won the Southern League title.[3] Bloxham himself moved on to First Division club Birmingham in March 1927.[2] He made his Football League debut on 8 October 1927, deputising for Benny Bond in a home game against Sheffield Wednesday which Birmingham won 3–2. He scored in the next game, but Bond then returned to the starting eleven.[4]
Unable to gain a regular first-team place, he moved on to Rhyl Athletic, then back INto the Football League for a few months with Chesterfield, and then to Scotland where he spent the 1928–29 season with Raith Rovers as they were relegated from the First Division of the Scottish League.[2][5] Bloxham then returned to England for two seasons with Yeovil & Petters United in the Southern and Western Leagues before joining Millwall of the Football League Second Division.[2][6] With Millwall he played regularly for two seasons, scoring 11 goals in 70 league matches, before retiring from the game in 1933.[2]
Bloxham died in Crawley, West Sussex, in 1996 at the age of 90.[7]
References
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- "Torquay United". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- Matthews, p. 170.
- Ross, James M. (3 January 2007). "Scotland – List of Divisional Movements". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- "Yeovil & Petters United". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- Basson, Stuart (18 February 2010). "Chesterfield FC: Football League players, 1921 to 2008". Chesterfield F.C. Archived from the original (XLS) on 4 December 2011.