Alonzo Poulton

Alonzo Poulton
Personal information
Full name Alonzo Poulton[1]
Date of birth 28 March 1890
Place of birth Wolverhampton, England
Date of death 1966 (aged 7576)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Monmore Green
Priestfield Albion
1912 West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
Worcester City (loan)
1914 West Bromwich Albion 9 (1)
Merthyr Town
1919–1921 Middlesbrough 18 (5)
1921–1922 Bristol City 28 (9)
1922 Reading 25 (3)
Llanelly
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Alonzo Poulton (28 March 1890 – 1966), sometimes known as Jerry Poulton or Olly Poulton, was an English professional football forward who played in the Football League for Bristol City, Reading, Middlesbrough and West Bromwich Albion.[1]

Personal life

Poulton served as a private with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 234. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 213. ISBN 978-0857330772.


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