Ernie Young (footballer, born 1893)

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Ernie Young
Personal information
Full name Ernest Wilson Young[1]
Date of birth (1893-02-28)28 February 1893[2]
Place of birth Thornaby-on-Tees,[3] England
Date of death 28 February 1950(1950-02-28) (aged 57)[4]
Place of death Newcastle upon Tyne,[4] England
Height 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[5]
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1922 Middlesbrough 1 (0)
1922–1923 Darlington 13 (4)
1923–19?? Leadgate Park
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest Wilson Young (28 February 1893 – 28 February 1950) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Middlesbrough and Darlington.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Young was born in Thornaby-on-Tees in February 1893,[2] the son of Ernest Wilson Young, a railway worker, and his wife Lilly,[3] and baptised in March of that year.[6] The 1911 census records Young working as a railway clerk, and the oldest of five surviving children, all still living with their parents in the Newport district of Middlesbrough.[3] The 1939 Register finds Young and his wife, Ada, living in Roberts Street, Scotswood. Young is employed as a traffic foreman and serving as an ARP warden.[7] They were still resident at that address when Young died in the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1950 on his 57th birthday.[2][4]

Football career[edit]

Young made his senior debut for Middlesbrough on 23 April 1921 at home to Chelsea in the First Division,[8] a match in which Middlesbrough made four changes to their forward line.[9] In the first minute, Young "darted forward in threatening fashion, but finished his fine individual effort shooting just over the bar"; neither side's players could do better, and the match ended goalless.[10] He was retained for the 1921–22 season,[11] but made no more first-team appearances,[8] and he signed for Third Division North runners-up Darlington in the summer of 1922, ahead of their second season in the Football League.[12]

He was in competition with at least six other men for Darlington's centre-forward position, including Bill Hooper, normally an inside right, who had been the club's top scorer in 1921–22,[13] and the veteran Dick Healey.[14] Young played in 13 of the 42 league matches, and scored four league goals,[1] including a pair on Christmas Day against local rivals Hartlepools United.[15] Together with Darlington teammate Bob Mitcheson, Young left the club at the end of the season to play in the North-Eastern League for Leadgate Park.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 291. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. ^ a b c "Player search: Young, EW (Ernie)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription. 14 Calvert St Newport Middlesbro, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England". and "Image thereof". Census reference RG14PN29273 RG78PN1696 RD535 SD3 ED10 SN206 – via Findmypast.
  4. ^ a b c "Wills and Probate 1858–1996". UK Probate Service. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. ^ Vulcan (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Middlesbrough". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  6. ^ "Yorkshire Baptisms Transcription". Ernest Wilson Young. Baptism date: 23 Mar 1893. Baptism place: Thornaby. County: Yorkshire (North Riding). Father's first name(s): Ernest Wilson. Mother's first name(s): Lily. Archive: Teesside Archives. Page: 12 – via Findmypast.
  7. ^ "1939 England and Wales Register for Ernest W Young". RG 101/2914G GADV – via Ancestry.com.
  8. ^ a b "Ernest Young". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Facts and Fancies. Why these changes?". Derby Daily Telegraph. 30 April 1921. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Middlesbrough v. Chelsea". Yorkshire Post. 25 April 1921. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Football. Middlesbrough Club". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 21 June 1921. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Football". Yorkshire Post. 19 August 1922. p. 16 – via British Newspaper Archive. The new men include ... E. W. Young of Middlesbrough
  13. ^ "North and South. Hooper the seventh". Derby Daily Telegraph. 17 March 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
    "North and South. A quartette". Derby Daily Telegraph. 21 April 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "North and South. Darlington's best". Derby Daily Telegraph. 7 April 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. The month [of March] was their best of the campaign, for in six games they did not suffer a single reverse, garnering ten out twelve points. Their improvement has been great since Healey took over the leadership of the attack.
  15. ^ "Third League. Darlington v. Hartlepools United". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 26 December 1922. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records. pp. 186, 291.
    "North-Eastern League". Yorkshire Post. 10 September 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
    "Ferryhill Athletic and Leadgate Park draw". Yorkshire Post. 19 November 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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