About Bert Addinall
Lived 1921 – 2005 (aged 84). Bert Addinall was a British association football player.
Albert William Addinall (30 January 1921 – May 2005) was an English professional footballer. He scored 92 goals from 222 games in the Football League playing for Queens Park Rangers, Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace as a centre forward.
Career Addinall was born in Marylebone, London. He joined Queens Park Rangers in April 1945 from British Oxygen. His league debut came in September 1946 in the 3–0 win against AFC Bournemouth and he went on to play 150 league games scoring 59 goals.
Addinall left QPR for Brighton & Hove Albion in January 1953, where he was again a regular goalscorer. He moved to Crystal Palace in July 1954, playing twelve league games, before ending his league career. He went on to play non-League football for Snowdown Colliery Welfare. Addinall died in May 2005.
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Who was Bert Addinall?
footballer (1921-2005)
When was Bert Addinall born?
Bert Addinall was born on 30 January 1921 in Marylebone.
When did Bert Addinall die?
Bert Addinall died on 1 May 2005 in Surrey.
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Bert Addinall was an association football player.
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Bert Addinall was British.
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