Alfred Griffiths
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfred Griffiths | ||
Place of birth | England | ||
Date of death | [1] | 8 March 1916||
Place of death | Ottoman Iraq | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1901-1902 | Newton Heath | 1 | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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Alfred Griffiths (died 8 March 1916) was an English professional goalkeeper who played for Newton Heath, later Manchester United.
Personal life[edit]
Griffiths served in the Second Boer War, and enlisted as a private soldier in the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment during the First World War. He was killed in action on 8 March 1916 in Ottoman Iraq. Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Casualty Details: Alfred Griffiths". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ↑ "Remembrance: The players we lost in war". Manchester United. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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