Ernie Shepherd
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ernest Shepherd | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1919 | ||
Place of birth | Wombwell, England | ||
Date of death | 2001 (aged 81–82) | ||
Place of death | Leigh On Sea, Essex, England | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Bradford Rovers | ||
1938–1948 | Fulham | 72 | (13) |
1948–1949 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | (0) |
1949–195x | Hull City | 15 | (3) |
195x–1957 | Queens Park Rangers | 219 | (51) |
Managerial career | |||
1967–1969 | Southend United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ernest "Ernie" Shepherd (14 August 1919 – 2001) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as an outside left for Fulham, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City and Queens Park Rangers.[1] He went on to manage Southend United.[2]
Shepherd was born in Wombwell, near Barnsley, in Yorkshire.[1] He joined Fulham in 1934 before signing for West Bromwich Albion in December 1948, moving on again only after only three months to Hull City.[3] He joined Queens Park Rangers in 1950, and made his debut in August that year against Chesterfield.[4] Shepherd played 219 league games for QPR scoring 51 goals before retiring from playing in 1957.[1] He went on to coach both in England and abroad, and from 1967 to 1969 was manager of Southend United. Shepherd died in Eastwood, Essex, in 2001.[2]
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- 1919 births
- 2001 deaths
- People from Wombwell
- Footballers from South Yorkshire
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Fulham F.C. players
- West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
- Hull City A.F.C. players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- The Football League players
- English football managers
- Southend United F.C. managers
- Sportspeople from Yorkshire
- English football midfielder, 1910s birth stubs