Alfred Young (27 November 1900 – 31 July 1975) was an English professional

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player of the 1920s. Born in

Wingate, County Durham Wingate is a village in County Durham, England. Wingate is a former pit village with a mixture of 19th-century, post-war, and more recent housing developments. It was originally inhabited by around 30 farmers before 1839 when coal was discovered ...

, he played for local clubs Trimdon Grange and Wingate Albion before joining

Hartlepools United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Har ...

in 1923. He made over 120 appearances for the club before he was transferred to Gillingham in 1928. He made 18

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appearances for the

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-based club during the 1928–29 season, but left at the end of the season to join

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

. Later in 1929 he joined Lincoln City and made 148 League appearances for the club, taking his total League appearances to 299. Nothing is known of his career after he left

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References

1900 births 1975 deaths English footballers Gillingham F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Workington A.F.C. players People from Wingate, County Durham Footballers from County Durham Association football midfielders {{england-footy-midfielder-1900s-stub