Alfred Patrick (25 September 1921 – 2 November 2021) was an English

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, who played in the

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for

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

and in the

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for

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Life and career

Patrick was born in

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

in September 1921. He made his league debut for

on 2 November 1946 in a home win against

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, in which he scored. During that season, 1946–47, Patrick scored 17 goals in 23 appearances. The following season, he scored 19 goals in 27 games, but his best season was in 1948–49 when he scored 26 times, including five against

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in November 1948. This tally of five goals remains an individual club scoring record for York in

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. Patrick became the first York player in peacetime football to score 100 league goals for the club by the end of the 1951–52 season. The following season Patrick finished playing first-team football. He had scored 117 goals in 241 League and Cup appearances for York. This means he is fourth in York's all-time scoring lists behind Norman Wilkinson,

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and

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. Patrick then went on to have a short spell with

in the 1954–55 season, until returning to York in a training and coaching capacity with the club's junior side. He turned 100 in September 2021 and died in November.

References

1921 births 2021 deaths Men's association football forwards English centenarians English Football League players English men's footballers Footballers from York Men centenarians Scarborough F.C. players York City F.C. players York City F.C. non-playing staff {{England-footy-forward-1920s-stub