Vernon Lewis (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vernon John Lewis | ||
Date of birth | 22 May 1881 | ||
Place of birth | Woodbridge, Suffolk, England | ||
Date of death | 25 March 1941 | (aged 59)||
Place of death | Woodbridge, Suffolk, England | ||
Position(s) | Left half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1900–1911 | Ipswich Town | 185 | (6) |
Total | 185 | (6) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vernon John Lewis (22 May 1881 – 25 March 1941) was an English amateur footballer and minor counties cricketer.
Lewis was born at Woodbridge, Suffolk. He played football for Ipswich Town from 1900 to 1911, making 185 appearances and scoring six goals.[1] This also included a spell as captain.[2]
Lewis also played cricket at minor counties level for Suffolk from 1906 to 1910, making sixteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player profile: AJ Vernon". www.prideofanglia.com. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ Gardiner, Susan (2013). Ipswich Town A History. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 45. ISBN 978-1445617350.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Vernon Lewis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
Categories:
- 1881 births
- 1941 deaths
- Sportspeople from Woodbridge, Suffolk
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wing halves
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- English cricketers
- Suffolk cricketers
- English Football League players
- Footballers from Suffolk
- English cricket biography, 1880s birth stubs
- English football midfielder, 1880s birth stubs