Alf Settle

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Alf Settle
Personal information
Full name Alfred Settle
Date of birth (1912-09-17)17 September 1912
Place of birth Barugh Green, Yorkshire, England
Date of death January 1988 (aged 75)
Height 5 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)[1]
Position(s) Left-half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1936 Barugh Green Rovers
1936–1939 Sheffield United 73 (2)
1946 Lincoln City 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Settle (17 September 1912 – January 1988) was a professional footballer who played for Sheffield United and Lincoln City as a left-half between 1936 and 1946.[2][3]

Born in Barugh Green, Yorkshire, he started his career at his local club, Barugh Green Rovers. In 1936, Sheffield United paid Barugh Green Rovers a transfer fee £10 for Settle. He was transferred to Lincoln City in 1946, where an ankle injury ended his professional football career.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sheffield United. Likeliest side for promotion in Division II". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vii – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 234. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
  3. ^ a b Clarebrough, Denis; Kirkham, Andrew (2008). Sheffield United Football Club Who's Who. The Hallamshire Press. ISBN 978-1-874718-69-7.

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