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English footballer
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Alfreton, United Kingdom
Star sign
AquariusPlace of death
Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Age
58 years
Sports Teams
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Derby County F.C.
Chesterfield F.C.
Alfreton Town F.C.
Portsmouth F.C.
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Biography
Shirley Wray Abbott (10 February 1889 – 26 September 1947) was an English professional football wing half who captained Chesterfield and Portsmouth in the Football League. He also played league football for Queens Park Rangers and Derby County and after his retirement he returned to Chesterfield to serve as first team trainer between 1928 and 1939.
Personal life
Abbott served in the Middlesex and London Regiments during the First World War and ended the war as a sergeant in the Royal Sussex Regiment. During the Second World War, Abbott worked as a dockworker in Portsmouth, where he died of cancer in 1947.
Honours
Portsmouth
- Southern League First Division (1): 1919–20
Chesterfield
- Derbyshire Senior Cup (1): 1924–25
- Chesterfield Hospital Senior Cup (3): 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27
- Wilson Hospital Senior Cup (1): 1925–26
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Derby County | 1911–12 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Portsmouth | 1920–21 | Third Division South | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | |
| 1921–22 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | |||
| 1922–23 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| Total | 96 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 100 | 3 | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1923–24 | Third Division South | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| Chesterfield | 1924–25 | Third Division North | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 2 |
| 1925–26 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| 1926–27 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
| 1927–28 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 107 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 124 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 216 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 237 | 9 | ||
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