Ernie Adams
Personal information
Full name Ernest William Adams[1]
Date of birth (1922-04-03)3 April 1922 [1]
Place of birth Willesden,[1] England
Date of death 28 September 2009(2009-09-28) (aged 87)[2]
Place of death Hertford,[1] Hertfordshire, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1947 Preston North End 0 (0)
1947 Fulham 0 (0)
1947–1952 Queens Park Rangers 5 (0)
1952–1955 Betteshanger CW
1955–1956 Ashford Town 27 (3)
1956–1957 Dover
1957–1958 Margate
1958– Clacton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest William Adams (3 April 1922 – 28 September 2009) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Queens Park Rangers as a forward.[1]

Prior to joining Queens Park Rangers (for whom he played in five matches) he had been on the books of two other English Football League clubs, Preston North End and Fulham. After leaving QPR in 1952 he spent six seasons with four clubs in the Kent League: three seasons with Betteshanger Colliery Works[3] and one each with Ashford Town,[4] Dover[5] and Margate.[6] On leaving the latter he signed with Clacton Town.[2]

In April 1953 a selection of ex-top class players chosen by and including him and playing as 'Adams’ XI' beat a QPR XI in a benefit match on his behalf.[7]

References

General

  • Ernie Adams at the English National Football Archive (subscription required). Retrieved 28 October 2013.

Specific

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ernie Adams". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ernie Adams". margatefootballclubhistory.com. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Changes For Derby Game". Kentish Express. 12 September 1952. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Men Of Ashford". Sheerness Times Guardian. 19 August 1955. p. 7.
  5. ↑ "Dover, With 10 New Men, Have Delayed Start". Kentish Express. 17 August 1956. p. 4.
  6. ↑ "John Prodger Signs For Margate". Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph. 16 August 1957. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Rangers Given Tactics Lesson by 'Has Beens'". Marylebone Mercury. 17 April 1953. p. 7.
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