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Des Broomfield

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Des Broomfield
Personal information
Full name Desmond Stretton Broomfield[1]
Date of birth (1921-10-06)6 October 1921[1]
Place of birth Hove, England
Date of death 5 June 2007(2007-06-05) (aged 85)[1]
Place of death Burgess Hill, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1948 Brighton & Hove Albion
1948–195? Hastings United 20 (0)
Shoreham
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Desmond Stretton Broomfield (6 October 1921 – 5 June 2007) was an English footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Broomfield was born in 1921 in Hove, Sussex, and attended Shoreham Grammar School. He joined Brighton & Hove Albion as a 16-year-old amateur, but his career was interrupted by the outbreak of war,[2] during which he served in the Royal Air Force.[3] He returned to Albion in time to play in the first post-war league match, still as an amateur, signed on semi-professional terms in 1947, and went on to make 26 first-team appearances. He later played non-league football for Hastings United and Shoreham.[2] Broomfield died in Burgess Hill in 2007 at the age of 85.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Des Broomfield". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  3. ^ Vinicombe, John (24 November 2001). "Vintage Vinners". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 11 December 2018.