Claude Jephcott

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Claude Jephcott
Personal information
Full name Allan Claud Jephcott
Date of birth (1890-10-31)31 October 1890
Place of birth Smethwick, England
Date of death 5 October 1950(1950-10-05) (aged 59)
Place of death Penn, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Brierley Hill Alliance
1911–1923 West Bromwich Albion 174 (15)
Birmingham City (war guest)
1918Lincoln City (war guest) 1 (0)
Total 175 (15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Allan Claud Jephcott[2] (31 October 1890 – 5 October 1950) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right.

Career[]

Born in Smethwick, Jephcott moved from Brierley Hill Alliance to West Bromwich Albion in April 1911, signing for a fee of £100.[2] He retired in May 1923, having made 189 appearances for the club in all competitions.[2][3] He was a war guest for Lincoln City in 1918, making one appearance,[4] and he also guested for Birmingham City, one of five West Bromwich Albion players to do so during World War I.[5]

He made two representative appearances for the Football League, one in 1914 against the Scottish League and one in 1919 against the Irish League.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Hawthorne (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. West Bromwich Albion". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 6.
  2. ^ a b c "Profile". Albion Till We Die. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ^ G.A. Willmore (1980). West Bromwich Albion: The First Hundred Years. Readers Union; Book Club edition.
  4. ^ "Profile". Lincoln City Archive. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. ^ Tony Matthews (August 2012). The Birmingham City Miscellany. ISBN 9780752490557.
  6. ^ "Profile". 11v11. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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