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Bert Dyer

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Bert Dyer
Personal information
Full name Albert Edward Dyer
Date of birth (1886-12-20)20 December 1886
Place of birth Portsmouth, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1908 Southampton 1 (0)
1908 Gainsborough Trinity 0 (0)
1908–1909 Eastleigh Athletic
1909–1910 Southampton Cambridge
1910–1911 Woolston
1911–1912 Bitterne Guild
1912–1913 Southampton Cambridge
1913–1915 Romsey Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Edward Dyer (born 20 December 1886) was an English footballer who played as an inside-forward for Southampton in the 1900s.

Football career

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Dyer was born in Portsmouth and played youth football in Southampton where he was spotted by Southampton F.C. for whom he signed in the 1906 close season.[1]

He spent most of his career at The Dell in the reserves and made his solitary first-team appearance at Northampton Town on 6 April 1907 when Sam Jepp was taken ill shortly before kick-off.[1] Dyer played at inside-right with Frank Jefferis moving to the left and Wally Radford moving into the centre-forward position. The match finished 4–2 to Southampton, with two goals from Radford and one each from Patten and Mouncher.[2]

Dyer remained with the "Saints" until September 1908 playing reserve-team football. He then briefly joined Gainsborough Trinity of The Football League, but returned to Hampshire within a month and was taken on by Eastleigh Athletic, whom he helped win the Hampshire Senior Cup in 1909.[1]

Dyer then moved between various local clubs until his football career was ended by the First World War.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  2. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. p. 41. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
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