Laurie Adams

Laurie Adams
Personal information
Date of birth (1931-02-14)14 February 1931
Place of birth Chipping Barnet, England
Date of death 29 April 2024(2024-04-29) (aged 93)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1952 Watford 1
1955 Whipton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Laurence Edward Adams (14 February 1931 – 29 April 2024) was an English footballer, who played for Watford as an inside left.[1] Born in Barnet (then part of Hertfordshire), he made his sole Football League appearance while doing his National Service. Under the management of Haydn Green, Adams played a full match on 23 February 1952, as Watford defeated Walsall 2–0 in front of a crowd of 8,909 at Vicarage Road.[2] He turned professional upon leaving the army, but did not play another senior game, and left the club at the end of the 1952–53 season.[3] Although at that time professional players were not normally allowed to play amateur football again, Adams subsequently played for Whipton as a permit player in 1955.[3] Adams died on 29 April 2024, at the age of 93.[4]

References

  1. ^ Football League Career Stats (Watford players) at Neil Brown site
  2. ^ Jones, Trefor (1998). Watford Season by Season. pp. 112–113. ISBN 0-9527458-1-X.
  3. ^ a b Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 21. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
  4. ^ "Where Are They Now?". WFC.net. Retrieved 28 October 2024.


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