Alfred Griffiths
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Griffiths | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Date of death | 8 March 1916[1] | ||
| 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
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
- ↑ 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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