Bernard Pumfrey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bernard Pumfrey | ||
| Date of birth | May 1873 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | 18 July 1930 (aged 57) | ||
| Place of death | Gainsborough, England | ||
| Playing position | 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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
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
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ↑ "Transcript of Piece RG12/2411: Enumeration District 57, Civil Parish of Aston, Eccl. District of All Saints, Folio 4 Page 3". 1891 Warwickshire FreeCen Transcriptions. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ↑ Matthews, p. 141.
- ↑ "Gainsborough Trinity". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- 1 2 "Marriages". Lindsey and Lincolnshire Star. p. 5., hosted at "Surname index Pa–Pz" (PDF). Star Surname Index. North Lincolnshire Libraries. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2009.