Eli Ashurst
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 December 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Willington, County Durham, England | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Place of death | Willington, England | ||
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Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Willington | ||
– | Ashington | ||
1919–1920 | Shildon Athletic | ||
1920–1922 | Stanley United | ||
1922–1926 | Birmingham | 66 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Elias A. "Eli" Ashurst (28 December 1901 – 7 December 1927) was an English professional footballer born in Willington, County Durham, who played as a fullback. He made 66 appearances in the First Division of the Football League for Birmingham in the 1920s.[1]
Ashurst spent four seasons with Birmingham, retiring through poor health at the end of the 1925–26 season, and died in his native Willington the following year, aged only 25. His brother Bill was also a professional footballer who played for Notts County (among others) and for England.[2]
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- 1901 births
- 1927 deaths
- People from Willington, County Durham
- English footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Willington A.F.C. players
- Ashington A.F.C. players
- Shildon A.F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- The Football League players
- English football defender, 1900s birth stubs