Bernard Pumfrey
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bernard Pumfrey | ||
| Date of birth | May 1873 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Place of death | Gainsborough, England | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Birmingham St Mark's | ||
| 1892–1894 | Small Heath | 11 | (1) |
| 1894–1901 | Gainsborough Trinity[A] | 121 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bernard Pumfrey (May 1873 – 18 July 1930) was an English professional footballer who made 132 appearances in the Football League playing for Small Heath and Gainsborough Trinity.[1] He played as a full back.
Life and career
Pumfrey was born in the Stirchley district of Birmingham to Alfred, a carpenter and joiner, and his wife Sarah.[2] He worked in the family business, playing recreational football for Birmingham St Mark's, before joining Small Heath prior to their first season in the Football League.[3] He made his debut on 12 November 1892, in a 3–2 home win against Burton Swifts, and played in the test matches which deprived Small Heath of promotion to add to their Second Division title,[4] but after a few more games the following season, he left for Midland League club Gainsborough Trinity in 1894.[3]
Pumfrey contributed to Gainsborough's runners-up spot in the Midland League in the 1895–96 season which led to their election to the Football League.[5] In five seasons in the Football League, he played 121 games and captained the team.[1][6]
While a Gainsborough player Pumfrey started a joinery business in the town; he developed this into a large building contractors which was still in existence a hundred years later.[3] He married Jennie Clarke in March 1900,[6] and died in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, in 1930 at the age of 57.[3]
His older brother Harry, also a carpenter, who had studied at Birmingham School of Art, was responsible for the design of Birmingham F.C.'s new ground, St Andrew's, which opened in 1906.[3]
Notes
A. ^ Pumfrey's Gainsborough appearances and goals are for the Football League period only.
References
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