About Albert Sewell
Lived 1927 – 2018 (aged 90–91). Albert Sewell was a British statistician.
Albert Sewell (1927 – 2018) was an English football statistician best known for his work with Chelsea F.C. and BBC Sport.
Sewell left school at 16 and his first job was in the sports section at the Daily Sketch. After World War II he became a trainee journalist for the Press Association. In 1949, he was given the job of writing Chelsea's match programme, which had been expanded from a pamphlet to a similar length of modern programmes. He also wrote several books about Chelsea and football in general, among them the official guide to the club's 1954–55 title-winning season.
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British statistician and sports journalist
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Albert Sewell was born in 1927.
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Albert Sewell died in 2018.
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Albert Sewell was a statistician.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Albert Sewell. https://biography.guide/albert-sewell/
MLA: "Albert Sewell." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/albert-sewell/.
Chicago: "Albert Sewell." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/albert-sewell/.
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