Josiah Adcock
| Josiah Adcock | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | May 16, 1878 | |
| place of birth | Loughborough , England | |
| date of death | 3rd quarter 1944 | |
| Place of death | Nuneaton , England | |
| position | striker | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| Loughborough Park | ||
| Mountsorrel St Peter's | ||
| 1899-1900 | Loughborough FC | 8 (0) |
| Loughborough Emmanuel | ||
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Josiah Adcock (born May 16, 1878 in Loughborough , † 3rd quarter 1944 in Nuneaton ) was an English football player .
Career
Adcock played at the local level for Loughborough Park and Mountsorrel St Peter's before 1899 together with his younger brother Walter in the Football League Second Division for FC Loughborough changed. Adcock made his debut on December 25, 1899 at the derby against Leicester Fosse (final score 0: 5). This game, however, as well as his other seven missions, in which he was called up as a half or center forward , all lost; Seven times the team was here without a goal. This included a 12-0 defeat by Woolwich Arsenal , the Football League's record to date. The club ended the season as a knocked-down bottom of the table and had to retire from the Football League at the end of the season, a planned start of play in the Midland League no longer took place and Adcock was subsequently football at Loughborough Emmanuel in the local Lougborough and District League active. In 1901 he earned his living as an electrician , in 1911 he worked as a lathe operator in an automobile factory in Coventry .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul Taylor: The Luffs Who's Who - The player of Loughborough Athletic and Football Club in 1889 to 1900 . SoccerData, Nottingham 2014, ISBN 978-1-905891-85-6 , pp. 6 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adcock, Josiah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loughborough |
| DATE OF DEATH | between July 1944 and September 1944 |
| Place of death | Nuneaton |