Alfred Arthur Eric Ackerman (5 January 1929 – 10 July 1988) was a South African professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. Born in

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

, Ackerman spent the majority of his career in Scotland and England, playing with Clyde, Hull City, Norwich City, Derby County,

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

and Millwall. He was selected to play for the Third Division North side against the South in April 1957. After retiring as a player in 1961, Ackerman became player-manager of

Dartford Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...

, and later manager of Gravesend & Northfleet. He died in Dunottan at the age of 59. Ackerman finished as the top goal scorer in the Transvaal League in South Africa for two seasons in-a-row before signing for Clyde. He was one of three South African footballers to play for Hull City in the 1950s, the others being Norman Nielson and Neil Cubie. He scored 37 goals for

in season 1957–58.

Career statistics

Honours

; Derby County *

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runners-up: 1956–57 ; Dartford * Southern Division One promotion: 1962–63 ; Northfleet * Southern Division One promotion: 1970–71 ; Individual *

Top Scorer: 1957–58

References

External links

Player profile at Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
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