{{short description|English footballer and cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use British English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography |name = Howard Fabian |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Aubrey Howard Fabian |birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1909|3|20}} |birth_place = East Finchley, England |death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1984|9|26|1909|3|20}} |death_place = |height = |position = Inside forward |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = |clubs1 = Cambridge University |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1930–1938 |clubs2 = Corinthian |caps2 = 77 |goals2 = 29 |years3 = 1931–1933 |clubs3 = Derby County |caps3 = 12 |goals3 = 1 |years4 = 1931–1939 |clubs4 = Casuals |caps4 = 124 |goals4 = 40 |years5 = 1934–1935 |clubs5 = Fulham |caps5 = |goals5 = |clubs6 = Corinthian-Casuals |caps6 = |goals6 = |years7 = |clubs7 = Old Cholmeleians |caps7 = |goals7 = |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |nationalyears1 = 1931–1933 |nationalteam1 = England amateur |nationalcaps1 = 6 |nationalgoals1 = 2 }} '''Aubrey Howard Fabian''' (20 March 1909 – 26 September 1984) was an English amateur sportsman who played both football and cricket.
==Early life== Born in East Finchley, Fabian was educated at Highgate School and Pembroke College, Cambridge, earning a blue at Cambridge for both football and cricket.<ref name = "CCFC">{{cite web|url=http://www.corinthian-casuals.com/player-profiles.html|title=Player profiles|accessdate=3 September 2013|publisher=Corinthian-Casuals F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026123608/http://www.corinthian-casuals.com/player-profiles.html|archive-date=26 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="obit" />
==Career==
===Football career=== Fabian made regular appearances for amateur teams Corinthian and Casuals throughout the 1930s. He played in Casuals 1936 FA Amateur Cup Final winning team and is in the top 20 Casuals all time appearance makers.<ref>{{cite book|author=Rob Cavallini|title=A Casual Affair, A History of the Casuals Football Club|page=202|publisher=Dog N Duck Publications|year=2009|ISBN=978-0-9550496-2-0}}</ref> In 1939, he joined the newly merged team of Corinthian-Casuals and played for Old Cholmeleians, the 'Old Boys Team' of Highgate School; he also earned six caps for the England amateurs.<ref name = "CCFC"/>
Fabian also played in the Football League for Derby County, joining them from Cambridge University in December 1931, and making his debut on 20 February 1932.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.11v11.com/matches/birmingham-city-v-derby-county-20-february-1932-66230/|title=Birmingham City v Derby County, 20 February 1932|accessdate=3 September 2013|publisher=11v11}}</ref> He made a total of 12 appearances in the Football League for Derby County, scoring 1 goal; he also scored 2 goals in 4 FA Cup matches for them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.11v11.com/players/aubrey-fabian-44861/|title=Aubrey Fabian |accessdate=3 September 2013|publisher=11v11}}</ref> His final appearance for Derby County was on 22 April 1933.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.11v11.com/matches/wolverhampton-wanderers-v-derby-county-22-april-1933-66821/|title=Wolverhampton Wanderers v Derby County, 22 April 1933|accessdate=3 September 2013|publisher=11v11}}</ref> In the 1934–35 season he was registered with Fulham.<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>
===Cricket career=== {{Infobox cricketer |name = Howard Fabian |image = |caption = |country = |fullname = Aubrey Howard Fabian |birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1909|3|20}} |birth_place = East Finchley, England |death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1984|9|26|1909|3|20}} |death_place = |batting = |bowling = Slow-medium |role = Bowler |club1 = Cambridge University |year1 = 1929–1931 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 35 | runs1 = 763 | bat avg1 = 26.31 | 100s/50s1 = –/3 | top score1 = 76 | deliveries1 = 4694 | wickets1 = 61 | bowl avg1 = 37.37 | fivefor1 = 2 | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 8–69 | catches/stumpings1 = 22/– | date = 6 February | year = 2017 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Players/29/29329/29329.html Cricket Archive }} Fabian was as a slow-medium bowler and played three seasons of first-class cricket for Cambridge University between 1929 and 1931, including the Varsity Match at Lord's each year.<ref name="obit">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228591.html|title=Obituaries in 1984|date=5 December 2005 |accessdate=3 September 2013|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> His best figures were 8–69 against Yorkshire in 1930.
===Eton Fives=== Fabian was also an accomplished Eton Fives player, winning the Kinnaird Cup – the National Amateur Championships – four times, in 1930 with Javier Aguirre and in 1937, 1939 and 1948 with John Webb.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.etonfives.com/competition-archive/kinnaird/997-kinnaird-cup-past-champions | title=Kinnaird Cup Past Champions }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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