Ernie Young (footballer, born 1893)

Ernest Wilson Young (28 February 1893 – 1950) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Middlesbrough and Darlington.[1]

For other people with the same name, see Ernest Young (disambiguation).

Ernie Young
Personal information
Full name Ernest Wilson Young[1]
Date of birth (1893-02-28)28 February 1893[2]
Place of birth Thornaby-on-Tees,[3] England
Date of death 1950 (aged 56–57)[2]
Height 5 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[4]
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1922 Middlesbrough 1 (0)
1922–1923 Darlington 13 (4)
1923–19?? Leadgate Park
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Young was born in Thornaby-on-Tees in early 1893, the son of Ernest Wilson Young, a railway worker, and his wife Lilly,[3] and baptised in March of that year.[5] The 1911 census records Young working as a railway clerk, and the oldest of five surviving children, all still living with their parents in the Newport district of Middlesbrough.[3]

Football career

Young made his senior debut for Middlesbrough on 23 April 1921 at home to Chelsea in the First Division,[6] a match in which Middlesbrough made four changes to their forward line.[7] In the first minute, Young "darted forward in threatening fashion, but finished his fine individual effort shooting just over the bar"; neither side's players could do better, and the match ended goalless.[8] He was retained for the 1921–22 season,[9] but made no more first-team appearances,[6] and he signed for Third Division North runners-up Darlington in the summer of 1922, ahead of their second season in the Football League.[10]

He was in competition with at least six other men for Darlington's centre-forward position, including Bill Hooper, normally an inside right, who had been the club's top scorer in 1921–22,[11] and the veteran Dick Healey.[12] Young played in 13 of the 42 league matches, and scored four league goals,[1] including a pair on Christmas Day against local rivals Hartlepools United.[13] Together with Darlington teammate Bob Mitcheson, Young left the club at the end of the season to play in the North-Eastern League for Leadgate Park.[14]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 291. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. "Player search: Young, EW (Ernie)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. "1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription. 14 Calvert St Newport Middlesbro, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England". and "Image thereof". Census reference RG14PN29273 RG78PN1696 RD535 SD3 ED10 SN206 – via Findmypast.
  4. Vulcan (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Middlesbrough". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  5. "Yorkshire Baptisms Transcription". Ernest Wilson Young. Baptism date: 23 Mar 1893. Baptism place: Thornaby. County: Yorkshire (North Riding). Father's first name(s): Ernest Wilson. Mother's first name(s): Lily. Archive: Teesside Archives. Page: 12 – via Findmypast.
  6. "Ernest Young". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  7. "Facts and Fancies. Why these changes?". Derby Daily Telegraph. 30 April 1921. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Middlesbrough v. Chelsea". Yorkshire Post. 25 April 1921. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Football. Middlesbrough Club". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 21 June 1921. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Football". Yorkshire Post. 19 August 1922. p. 16 – via British Newspaper Archive. The new men include ... E. W. Young of Middlesbrough
  11. "North and South. Hooper the seventh". Derby Daily Telegraph. 17 March 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
    "North and South. A quartette". Derby Daily Telegraph. 21 April 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. "North and South. Darlington's best". Derby Daily Telegraph. 7 April 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. The month [of March] was their best of the campaign, for in six games they did not suffer a single reverse, garnering ten out twelve points. Their improvement has been great since Healey took over the leadership of the attack.
  13. "Third League. Darlington v. Hartlepools United". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 26 December 1922. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records. pp. 186, 291.
    "North-Eastern League". Yorkshire Post. 10 September 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
    "Ferryhill Athletic and Leadgate Park draw". Yorkshire Post. 19 November 1923. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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