Albert Stubbins
| Albert Stubbins | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | July 17, 1919 | |
| place of birth | Wallsend , England | |
| date of death | December 28, 2002 | |
| position | Center Forward | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Whitley & Monkseaton | ||
| Sunderland AFC | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1937-1946 | Newcastle United | 27 ( 5) |
| 1946-1953 | Liverpool FC | 159 (75) |
| 1953-1954 | Ashington AFC | |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| New York Americans | ||
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Albert Stubbins (born July 17, 1919 in Wallsend , † December 28, 2002 ) was an English football player . The center forward was best known for his time at Liverpool FC from 1946 and was largely responsible for winning the English championship in 1947 . He is also known as one of the people featured on the cover of the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band .
Athletic career
Newcastle United (1937-46)
Stubbins was born in Wallsend, northeast England. Shortly afterwards, his parents went to the United States with him for two years and returned there at the beginning of the Great Depression. His first serious step in the direction of a sports career was at Sunderland AFC , where he was only an amateur player. He moved to Newcastle United in April 1937 , where he signed a professional contract and was henceforth a successful scorer of the "Magpies". His breakthrough to one of the best English strikers of his time was overshadowed by the Second World War and so his well over 200 goals in the war seasons were only unofficial in the context of friendly matches. He was considered to be the almost ideal typical center forward of his time: at the same time fast, powerful, comparatively technically skillful and with a good header.
In the 1945/46 season - the season before the National Football League resumed operations - he scored 39 goals for Newcastle in the regional Northern League . For many contemporaries, he was even considered a better center forward than his teammate at the time, Jackie Milburn , who only managed 14 goals as a right winger. Also at this time he came to his only use for the English national team . On October 20, 1945 he played an international match against Wales in West Bromwich - it was lost 1-0. But since it had been held unofficially as "Victory International", Stubbins remained formally without an international match.
Many clubs showed up on a commitment by Albert Stubbins interested and these included the Everton FC and Liverpool FC and the two prominent professional clubs from Liverpool. After both coaches, George Kay and Theo Kelly , arrived in Newcastle at the same time, Stubbins decided (according to his own account) by tossing a coin to first listen to Liverpool Kay. An agreement was quickly reached and since Stubbins knew future teammates like Willie Fagan and Jack Balmer , he hired the “Reds” without having spoken to Everton again.
Liverpool FC (1946-53)
On his debut in Liverpool, Stubbins scored an instant goal against Bolton Wanderers . He missed only two league games in the further course of the 1946/47 season and finally won the English championship . With 24 goals he was together with Jack Balmer the top scorer of Liverpool FC. He also scored four more goals on the way to the FA Cup semi-finals , including a hat-trick against Birmingham on March 1, 1947 . In the following season 1947/48 he repeated his yield of 24 league hits, with him on March 6, 1948 against Huddersfield Town a "pack of four" had succeeded.
His sporting zenith was now exceeded. In addition to increasing injury problems, disagreements with the management of Liverpool FC increased from the 1948/49 season. Stubbins had already made provisions for the time after his active sports career and had concrete activities in journalism in mind. Liverpool President Bill McConnell promised him his own column in the Football Echo when the contract was extended . When McConnell died, the new club management no longer felt bound by this agreement, so that the signing of the new contract was delayed. In these troubled times, Stubbins only made 18 competitive appearances in the 1948/49 season. In the following season 1949/50 he again achieved a double-digit goal yield, although he had been missing in the first fourteen championship games. In addition, he and his men moved into the FA Cup final in 1950 , which was lost 2-0 to Arsenal .
At the age of over 30, Stubbins found his way into the starting line-up of Liverpool FC less often and he played the last of a total of 178 competitive appearances on January 3, 1953 against Stoke City .
After the active career
In the 1960s, Stubbins briefly coached the New York Americans in the International Soccer League . He then returned to the north east of England and worked there as a sports journalist.
Stubbins became famous beyond football when the Beatles included him on the cover of their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band . The mushroom heads, also from Liverpool, “immortalized” Stubbins by placing them behind Marlene Dietrich .
"Well done Albert for all those glorious years of football. Long may you bob and weave. "
At the age of 82, Stubbins died after a brief illness. He left behind his wife Anne and the only son Eric.
successes
- English Championship (1): 1947
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stubbins, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wallsend |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 2002 |