Bert Addinall

{{short description|English footballer (1921–2005)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bert Addinall | image = | caption = | fullname = Albert William Addinall | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|1|30|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Marylebone]], London, England | death_date = May 2005 (aged 84) | death_place = [[Surrey]], England | height = | position = [[Forward (association football)|Centre forward]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = British Oxygen | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1943–1953 | clubs2 = [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] | caps2 = 150 | goals2 = 59 | years3 = 1953–1954 | clubs3 = [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] | caps3 = 60 | goals3 = 31 | years4 = 1954–1955 | clubs4 = [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = | clubs5 = [[Snowdown Colliery Welfare F.C.|Snowdown CW]] | caps5 = | goals5 = }} '''Albert William Addinall'''<ref>{{cite book|title=The PFA & Premier League players' records 1946-1998|author=Barry J. Hugman|year=1998|publisher=Queen Anne Press|isbn=1-85291-585-4}}</ref> (30 January 1921 – May 2005) was an English professional [[association football|footballer]]. He scored 92 goals from 222 games in [[the Football League]] playing for [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]], [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] and [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] as a [[Forward (association football)|centre forward]].

==Career== Addinall was born in [[Marylebone]], London. He joined [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] in April 1945 from British Oxygen. His league debut came in September 1946 in the 3–0 win against [[AFC Bournemouth]] and he went on to play 150 league games scoring 59 goals.

Addinall left QPR for [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] in January 1953, where he was again a regular goalscorer. He moved to [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] in July 1954, playing twelve league games,<ref>{{cite book|title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989|first1=Mike|last1= Purkiss |first2=Nigel|last2= Sands|year=1990 |publisher =The Breedon Books Publishing Company|page=316|isbn=0907969542}}</ref> before ending his league career. He went on to play [[non-League football]] for [[Snowdown Colliery Welfare F.C.|Snowdown Colliery Welfare]]. Addinall died in May 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~663493,00.html |title=Bert Addinall |publisher=Queens Park Rangers F.C |date=12 May 2005 |accessdate=22 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403032618/http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10373~663493%2C00.html |archivedate=3 April 2012 }}</ref>

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