Bert Gower: Difference between revisions

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| name = Bert Gower

| fullname = Herbert Henry Gower<ref name="Timeless" />

| birth_date = 26 March 1899

| birth_place = [[Brentford]], England

| death_date = {{death date and age |1959|8|23|1899|3|26|df=y}}<ref name="hyufc" />

| death_place = [[Harrogate]], England

| position = [[Full back (association football)|Full back]]

| years1 = =

| clubs1 = Ealing Celtic

| caps1 = =

| goals1 = =

| years2 = 1923–1924

| clubs2 = [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]]

| caps2 = 2

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1924–1925

| clubs3 = [[Southall F.C.|Southall]]

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| goals3 = =

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| clubs4 = [[Dulwich Hamlet F.C.|Dulwich Hamlet]]

| caps4 = =

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| years5 = =

| clubs5 = [[Botwell Mission F.C.|Botwell Mission]]

| caps5 = =

| goals5 = =

| years6 =

| clubs6 = [[Dulwich Hamlet F.C.|Dulwich Hamlet]]

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| years7 = 1929–1932

| clubs7 = [[Hayes F.C.|Hayes]]

| caps7 = 159

| goals7 = 24

| years8 = 1932–1934

| clubs8 = Uxbridge Town

| caps8 = =

| goals8 = =

| manageryears1 =1934–1935 1934–1935

| managerclubs1 = Uxbridge Town

| manageryears2 =1935–1936 1935–1936

| managerclubs2 = [[Hayes F.C.|Hayes]]

'''Herbert Henry Gower''' (26 March 1899 – 23 August 1959), sometimes known as '''Nobby Gower''', was an English amateur [[Association football|footballer]] and [[cricket]]er.<ref name="Timeless">{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |page=68}}</ref> As a footballer, he made two appearances in the [[The Football League|Football League]] for [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] and then embarked on a 10-year career in [[amateur football]]. Gower later opened the [[Batting (cricket)|batting]] and [[Wicketkeeper|kept wicket]] for [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]] Cricket Club.

Gower worked for the [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Civil Service]] and lived in Central Avenue, [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]] until 1939.<ref name="hyufc">{{Cite web |title=Gore – Gower |url=httphttps://wwwarchive.hyufc.com/features/a_z/hfc/gore-gower.html |access-date=16 June 2015 |website=Hayes & Yeading United FC: The Official Website |accessdate=16 June 2015}}</ref> Upon the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] that year, Gower's Civil Service department was relocated to [[Harrogate]] and he later settled there permanently.<ref name="hyufc" /> His son Phil was killed in an accident in 1943, while training with the [[Royal Navy Commandos]] in the [[New Forest]].<ref name="hyufc" />

[[Category:English men's footballers]]

[[Category:AssociationMen's association football fullbacks]]

[[Category:Cricketers from Greaterthe London Borough of Hounslow]]

[[Category:Footballers from Brentfordthe London Borough of Hounslow]]