Ernie Young (footballer, born 1893)

For other people with the same name, see Ernest Young (disambiguation).
Ernie Young
Personal information
Full name Ernest Wilson Young[1]
Date of birth 1893[1]
Place of birth Thornaby-on-Tees,[2] England
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1922 Middlesbrough 1 (0)
1922–1923 Darlington 13 (4)
1923–19?? Leadgate Park

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Ernest Wilson "Ernie" Young (1893 – after 1922) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Middlesbrough and Darlington.[1]

Personal life

Young was born in Thornaby-on-Tees in early 1893, the son of Ernest Wilson Young, a railway worker, and his wife Lilly,[2] and baptised in March of that year.[3] 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.[2]

Football career

Young made his senior debut for Middlesbrough on 23 April 1921 at home to Chelsea in the First Division,[4] a match in which Middlesbrough made four changes to their forward line.[5] 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.[6] He was retained for the 1921–22 season,[7] but made no more first-team appearances,[4] and he signed for Third Division North runners-up Darlington in the summer of 1922, ahead of their second season in the Football League.[8]

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,[9] and the veteran Dick Healey.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 291. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. (subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "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. (subscription required (help)).
  4. 1 2 "Ernest Young". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Facts and Fancies. Why these changes?". Derby Daily Telegraph. 30 April 1921. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ "Middlesbrough v. Chelsea". Yorkshire Post. 25 April 1921. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ "Football. Middlesbrough Club". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 21 June 1921. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ "Football". Yorkshire Post. 19 August 1922. p. 16 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)). The new men include ... E. W. Young of Middlesbrough
  9. ↑ "North and South. Hooper the seventh". Derby Daily Telegraph. 17 March 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
    "North and South. A quartette". Derby Daily Telegraph. 21 April 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "North and South. Darlington's best". Derby Daily Telegraph. 7 April 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)). 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.
  11. ↑ "Third League. Darlington v. Hartlepools United". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 26 December 1922. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  12. ↑ Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records. pp. 186, 291.
    "North-Eastern League". Yorkshire Post. 10 September 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
    "Ferryhill Athletic and Leadgate Park draw". Yorkshire Post. 19 November 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).


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