Herbert Ernest Banks (19 June 1874 – 1947) was an English
footballer
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who made over 40 appearances in the
Football League
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, over 20 appearances in the
Scottish League and over 40 appearances in the
Southern League, scoring over 60 goals in a career as an
inside left.
Career
Banks played for
Everton,
St Mirren (on loan for one
Scottish Cup tie),
Third Lanark,
,
Aston Villa
Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...
,
Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...
,
Watford,
Coventry City
Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...
and
Stafford Rangers
Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.
The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...
.
During his time at Millwall, Banks made an appearance for the
England national side, in a 3–0
British Home Championship
The British Home Championship
* sco, Hame Internaitional Kemp
* gd, Farpais lìg eadar-nàiseanta
* cy, Pencampwriaeth y Pedair Gwlad, name=lang (historically known as the British International Championship or simply the International Champio ...
win against
Ireland.
[, Retrieved 25 September 2018] At Watford, his goalscoring rate exceeded a goal per game.
[
]
Personal life
Banks had pre-war service with the Seaforth Highlanders
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, mainly associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The regiment existed from 1881 to 1961, and saw servic ...
.Worcestershire Regiment
The Worcestershire Regiment was a line infantry regiment in the British Army, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot. The regimen ...
.
References
External links
*
Player profile at the FA.com
1874 births
English men's footballers
England men's international footballers
Everton F.C. players
Millwall F.C. players
Aston Villa F.C. players
Watford F.C. players
Coventry City F.C. players
St Mirren F.C. players
Third Lanark A.C. players
Bristol City F.C. players
Stafford Rangers F.C. players
1947 deaths
Men's association football forwards
Footballers from Coventry
Seaforth Highlanders soldiers
Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers
Worcestershire Regiment soldiers
British Army personnel of World War I
Military personnel from Coventry
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