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

  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. 1 2 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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