Albert Potter

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Albert Potter
Personal information
Full name Albert Edward Potter[1]
Date of birth 23 September 1897
Place of birth Exeter, England
Date of death 4 May 1942(1942-05-04) (aged 44)[2]
Place of death Exeter, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[3]
Position(s) Left half, left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Woodbury
0000–1922 Pinhoe
1922–1927 Exeter City 89 (3)
1927–1929 Wigan Borough 67 (4)
1929–1930 Colwyn Bay United
Devon General Bus Company
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Albert Edward Potter (23 September 1897 – 4 May 1942) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Exeter City and Wigan Borough as a left half.[1][3]

Personal life[]

Potter served as a private in the Devonshire Regiment during the First World War and saw action on the Western Front (where he was wounded) and in the Siege of Kut in Mesopotamia.[2][4] He served as an Air Raid Warden during the Second World War and was killed during the Exeter Blitz in May 1942.[2] Potter was buried in All Saints Cemetery, Whipton, Exeter.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 234. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
  2. ^ a b c d Weiler, Martin. "Remembering Albert Potter". www.exetercityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Players A to Z (N-P)". Wigan Borough Football Club – Complete. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ^ Albert Potter on Lives of the First World War


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