Howard Gallier

Howard Gallier

Personal information
Date of birth	11 June 1872
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Date of death	1955 (aged 82)
Place of death	Bristol, England
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1895–1898	Eastville Rovers
1898	Singers	1
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Howard Gallier (11 June 1872^[1]–1955) was an association football forward, who was a key figure in the early history of Eastville Rovers Football Club (later renamed Bristol Rovers).

Gallier was born in the Aston area of Birmingham in 1872,^[2] and moved to Bristol in the mid-1890s.^[3] He began playing for Eastville Rovers in 1895, and was the club's top scorer for his first two seasons playing for them, netting 15 times in the 1895–96 season and a further eight times in 1896–97.^[4] He played a single game for Singers F.C. (later Coventry City) in the Birmingham & District League in 1898.

References

1. "1939 Register". Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via Findmypast. (subscription required (help)).
2. "England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription". Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via Findmypast. (subscription required (help)).
3. "Unearned commission". Western Daily Press. 13 September 1923. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
4. Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club: The Definitive History 1883–2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.