Albert Dunlop

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Albert Dunlop
Personnel
birthday April 21, 1932
place of birth Liverpool ,  England
date of death March 6, 1990
Place of death Liverpool ,  England
position goalkeeper
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1950-1963 Everton FC 211 (0)
1963-1965 Wrexham AFC 15 (0)
1965-1966 Rhyl FC
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1965-1966 Rhyl FC
1 Only league games are given.

Albert Dunlop (born April 21, 1932 in Liverpool , † March 6, 1990 ibid) was an English football goalkeeper . At the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s, he stood between the posts for Everton FC and was considered to be a bit of a "creepy and colorful bird" that stood for spectacular actions and theatrical behavior on the pitch.

Athletic career

Dunlop joined domestic Everton FC in 1950 . There he had to wait a long time for his sporting breakthrough and was in the shadow of the Irish keeper Jimmy O'Neill . On October 20, 1956, he finally made his debut for the first division against reigning champions Manchester United and in the 5-2 win he helped ensure that the previous series of 26 games ended without defeat of the " Busby Babes " from Manchester. Dunlop was a clear contrast to its predecessor O'Neill. He had grown significantly shorter, which occasionally caused him problems with opposing crosses. In addition, he was often accused of a lack of concentration and his teammates gave him the nickname "Bandit". His strengths, however, lay in the athletic area - especially on the goal line - in the high jumping ability and in the courage to assert himself in a direct duel with opposing strikers. It was also characteristic for him that he lamented the mistakes of his teammates with almost every goal he conceded, regardless of whether rightly.

Until early 1962, Dunlop was ultimately the "first choice" in the goalkeeping position, and successful moments like his debut were also faced with bankruptcies, as happened in particular with the ten goals conceded in October 1958 against Tottenham Hotspur . He was ousted by Gordon West in 1962 , and when Everton FC won the English championship in the 1962/63 season , he made four league appearances at the end of the season for the injured West only insignificantly to the title (and too little for an official championship medal). In November 1963 Dunlop then left the "Toffees" in the direction of Wales for AFC Wrexham .

Wrexham was at the time in the English third division, but rose in the 1963/64 season in the fourth division. After another season, in which the recovery clearly failed, Dunlop moved on to Rhyl FC, also based in Wales . There he acted as a player-coach and in this role he changed himself once as a center forward on one occasion.

After the end of his footballing career, his life was not always easy and Dunlop came into conflict with the law several times. He died in his hometown of Liverpool at the age of only 57.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ivan Ponting: Everton Player by Player . Hamlyn, London 1998, ISBN 0-600-59581-1 , pp. 20 .
personal data
SURNAME Dunlop, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1990
Place of death Liverpool