Bert Gower
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Herbert Henry Gower[1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 March 1899 | ||
Place of birth | Brentford, England | ||
Date of death | 23 August 1959[2] | (aged 60)||
Place of death | Harrogate, England | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Ealing Celtic | |||
1923–1924 | Brentford | 2 | (0) |
1924–1925 | Southall | ||
Dulwich Hamlet | |||
Botwell Mission | |||
Dulwich Hamlet | |||
1929–1932 | Hayes | 159 | (24) |
1932–1934 | Uxbridge Town | ||
Managerial career | |||
1934–1935 | Uxbridge Town | ||
1935–1936 | Hayes | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Herbert Henry Gower (26 March 1899 – 23 August 1959), sometimes known as Nobby Gower, was an English amateur footballer and cricketer.[1] As a footballer, he made two appearances in the Football League for Brentford and then embarked on a 10-year career in amateur football. Gower later opened the batting and kept wicket for Hayes Cricket Club.
Personal life
Gower worked for the Civil Service and lived in Central Avenue, Hayes until 1939.[2] Upon the outbreak of the Second World War that year, Gower's Civil Service department was relocated to Harrogate and he later settled there permanently.[2] His son Phil was killed in an accident in 1943, while training with the Royal Navy Commandos in the New Forest.[2]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 1923–24[3] | Third Division South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Honours
Southall
- Middlesex Senior Charity Cup: 1923–24 (shared)[2]
Hayes
- London Senior Cup: 1931–32[2]
- Middlesex Senior Cup: 1930–31[2]
References
- ^ a b Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 68. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Gore – Gower". Hayes & Yeading United FC: The Official Website. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 367. ISBN 0951526200.
Categories:
- 1899 births
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Southall F.C. players
- Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players
- Hayes F.C. players
- Hayes F.C. managers
- 1959 deaths
- Isthmian League players
- Cricketers from the London Borough of Hounslow
- Footballers from the London Borough of Hounslow
- People from Brentford
- English football managers
- English cricketers
- English football forward, 1890s birth stubs