Alf Amos

Alf Amos
Amos lining up for Brentford in 1919.
Personal information
Full name Alfred Herbert Amos[1]
Date of birth (1893-02-09)9 February 1893
Place of birth Forest Hill, England
Date of death 27 October 1959(1959-10-27) (aged 66)
Place of death Dunstable, England
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1913 Old Kingstonians
1913–1922 Brentford 131 (5)
1922–1929 Millwall Athletic 217 (13)
Hitchin Town
Managerial career
1930–1937 Hitchin Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Herbert Amos (9 February 1893 – 27 October 1959) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brentford and Millwall. He is a member of the Millwall Hall of Fame.

Career

A wing half, Amos began his career as an amateur with Old Kingstonians and joined Southern League Second Division club Brentford in 1913.[2] He remained with Brentford during the First World War and was still a regular in the team when the club was admitted to the new Football League Third Division for the 1920–21 season.[2][3] By the time Amos transferred to Millwall in 1922, he had made 139 appearances and scored five goals for Brentford.[3] He remained with Millwall for seven seasons and was an ever-present in the team which finished the 1927–28 season as Third Division South champions,[2] which secured promotion to the Second Division for the first time in the club's history.[4] Amos' achievements were recognised posthumously with a place in the Millwall Hall of Fame.[5] He finished his career with non-league club Hitchin Town and had a successful spell as the club's manager.[2][6][7][8][9][10]

Personal life

Amos served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War.[11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1914–15[3] Southern League Second Division 23 0 3 0 26 0
1919–20[3] Southern League First Division 33 1 1 0 34 1
1920–21[3] Third Division 35 2 1 0 36 2
1921–22[3] Third Division South 40 2 3 0 43 2
Total 131 5 8 0 139 5
Millwall 1922–23[12] Third Division South 40 2 3 0 43 2
1923–24[13] 39 4 0 0 39 4
1924–25[14] 25 0 1 0 26 0
1925–26[15] 24 2 5 2 29 4
1926–27[16] 37 3 5 0 42 3
1927–28[4] 42 2 1 0 43 2
1928–29[17] Second Division 8 0 0 0 8 0
Total 217 13 15 2 232 15
Career total 348 18 23 2 371 20

Honours

Player

Brentford

Millwall

Manager

Hitchin Town

Individual

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 8. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d e Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. ^ a b c d e f White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–366. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. ^ a b c "Millwall Season 27/28 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b "The Millwall Hall of Fame". Millwall FC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Season 1934–35". Hitchin Town Football Club. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Spartan League 1907–1934". www.nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ a b "Season 1931–32". Hitchin Town Football Club. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Brentford FC players in the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Millwall Season 22/23 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Millwall Season 23/24 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Millwall Season 24/25 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Millwall Season 25/26 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  16. ^ "Millwall Season 26/27 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  17. ^ "Millwall Season 28/29 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2019.


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