Ernie Ackerley

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Ernie Ackerley
Personnel
Surname Ernest Nicol Ackerley
birthday September 23, 1943
place of birth Dunfermline ,  Scotland
date of death June 1, 2017
Place of death Melbourne ,  Australia
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
1958-1961 Manchester United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1960-1963 Manchester United 0 0(0)
1963-1964 AFC Barrow 53 (12)
1964-1971 South Melbourne Hellas approx. 140 (58)
1 Only league games are given.

Ernest Nicol "Ernie" Ackerley (born September 23, 1943 in Dunfermline , † June 1, 2017 in Melbourne ) was an English football player .

Career

Ackerley played for Manchester's student selection and joined Manchester United in 1958 . At the age of 17, he received his first professional contract in 1960, but Ackerley was denied competitive appearances for the first team. In early 1963 he left the club again and - after an unsuccessful trial period in February 1963 at Blackburn Rovers - he joined the fourth division AFC Barrow in March 1963 . There he came to the end of the season on the center forward and both winger positions to use and scored two goals in 15 missions. In the 1963/64 season he was the team's top scorer with ten goals in 38 appearances together with the former international Tommy Thompson , but the season ended disappointingly in last place in the table.

In September 1964, he succeeded his older brother Stan , who had also played for Manchester United as a youth player and later became an Australian international, and emigrated to Australia. There, the striker closed in Melbourne the Greek embossed club South Melbourne Hellas on. With the club he won the Victorian State League twice (1965, 1966) and the Ampol Cup twice (1969, 1970) in the following years . In a game against Melbourne Hungaria in May 1966 he became the first Hellas player to get four goals in a game in the highest national league; the 1965 season he finished as the club's top scorer with 16 goals.

In 1971 Ackerley's footballing career at Hellas ended after 58 goals in around 140 league games. He was later inducted into the club's Hall of Champions .

Ackerley died in Bethlehem Hospital in his adopted home Melbourne in June 2017, leaving behind his wife and two children.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fred Eyre: kicked into touch (plus extra-time) . Pomona Press, Hebden Bridge 2005, ISBN 978-1-904590-12-5 , pp. 43 .
  2. ↑ a b Garth Dykes: A Who's Who of Barrow AFC . SoccerData, Nottingham 2009, ISBN 978-1-905891-14-6 , pp. 6 .
  3. ↑ a b smfc.com.au: Vale Ernie Ackerley (Jun. 2, 2017) , accessed September 24, 2017
  4. ↑ smfc.com.au: Hall of Champions , accessed September 24, 2017
  5. ↑ heraldsun.com.au: ACKERLEY, Ernest `Ernie '(June 3, 2017) , accessed September 24, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Ackerley, Ernie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ackerley, Ernest Nicol (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Dunfermline
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 2017
Place of death Melbourne