Albert Henry "Digger" Kettle (3 June 1922 – 1 March 1999) was an English footballer who played for

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

Career

Born in

Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colch ...

, Kettle served in the

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

in Rhodesia and Italy during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. After playing for Stanway Rovers, Chapel and Wakes Colne and Arclight Sports as a teenager, he signed for

in 1946. Remaining part-time, he played as a full-back for Colchester in the Southern League and Football League whilst continuing to work for Woods, a fan manufacturer in Colchester. After 23 appearances in the Football League, Kettle signed for Sudbury Town in 1955. After two seasons with Sudbury he signed for Woods Athletic, where he ended his playing career. He died in 1999.

Honours

Club

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* Southern Football League runner-up: 1949–50 * Southern Football League Cup winner: 1949–50 * Southern Football League Cup runner-up: 1947–48, 1948–49

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Digger Kettle
at Colchester United Archive Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Kettle, Digger 1922 births Footballers from Colchester Royal Air Force personnel of World War II English men's footballers Stanway Rovers F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Sudbury Town F.C. players 1999 deaths Men's association football defenders British expatriates in Southern Rhodesia British expatriates in Italy Royal Air Force airmen Military personnel from Colchester