Alec Blakeman

Alec Blakeman
Personal information
Full name Alec George Blakeman[1]
Date of birth (1918-06-11)11 June 1918
Place of birth Oxford, England
Date of death November 1994 (1994-12) (aged 76)[1]
Place of death Headington, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wycombe Wanderers
1945–1946 Oxford City 15 (24)
1946–1948 Brentford 42 (7)
1948–1949 Sheffield United 5 (0)
1949–1950 Bournemouth 25 (8)
March Town United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alec George Blakeman (11 June 1918 – November 1994) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford, Sheffield United and Bournemouth as an inside forward.[2][3][4]

Personal life

Blakeman spent four years in a German prisoner of war camp during the Second World War.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1946–47[6] First Division 8 4 0 0 8 4
1947–48[6] Second Division 25 2 2 0 27 2
1948–49[6] 9 1 — 9 1
Career total 42 7 2 0 44 7

References

  1. ^ a b "Alec Blakeman". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Brentford Quick Guide from Chairboys on the Net". www.chairboys.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Players (Alphabetic)". Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Oxford City FC – History & Statistics". citystats.moonfruit.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Bees On Trial To-Day. Good News Of George Wilkins: Keen Fight For Inside-Forward Places". Middlesex Chronicle. 24 August 1946.
  6. ^ a b c White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 379–380. ISBN 0951526200.
  • Alec Blakeman at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database


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