{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bert Shears | image = | fullname = Albert Edward Shears | birth_date = {{birth date|1900|5|12|df=y}}<ref name=dykes>{{cite book|last1=Dykes|first1=Garth|title=Wigan Borough in the Football League : A Complete Record and Who's Who, 1921-31|date=2011|publisher=Tony Brown|location=Nottingham|isbn=978-1-905891-53-5|page=85}}</ref> | birth_place = Newcastle upon Tyne, England | death_date = April quarter {{death year and age|1954|1900}}<ref name=dykes /> | death_place = Preston, England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Optimists of the North. Doncaster Rovers |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=6 August 1923 |page=6}}</ref> | position = Half back | youthclubs1 = Close Works | youthclubs2 = Spen Black and White | years1 = 1921–1924 |clubs1 = Preston North End |caps1 = |goals1 = | years2 = 1924 |clubs2 = Doncaster Rovers |caps2 = |goals2 = | years3 = 1924 |clubs3 = Aberdare Athletic |caps3 = |goals3 = | years4 = 1924–1930 |clubs4 = Liverpool |caps4 = 16 |goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1930–1931 |clubs5 = Tranmere Rovers |caps5 = |goals5 = | years6 = 1931 |clubs6 = Wigan Borough |caps6 = 4 |goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1931–1932 |clubs7 = Barnsley |caps7 = |goals7 = | years8 = 1932–1933 |clubs8 = Aldershot |caps8 = |goals8 = | years9 = 1933–1934 |clubs9 = Morecambe |caps9 = |goals9 = | years10 = – |clubs10 = Leyland Motors |caps10 = |goals10 = | nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = }} '''Albert Edward Shears''' (12 May 1900 – April quarter 1954) was an English footballer who played as a defender.<ref>{{Cite web |last=kjehan |date=1954-05-31 |title=The death of Albert Shears |url=https://playupliverpool.com/1954/05/31/the-death-of-albert-shears/ |access-date=2026-02-03 |website="Play Up, Liverpool" |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/838 LFC History profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shears, Albert}} Category:1900 births Category:1954 deaths Category:English men's footballers Category:Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne Category:English Football League players Category:Preston North End F.C. players Category:Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Category:Aberdare Athletic F.C. players Category:Liverpool F.C. players Category:Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Category:Wigan Borough F.C. players Category:Barnsley F.C. players Category:Aldershot F.C. players Category:Morecambe F.C. players Category:Leyland Motors F.C. players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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