Alfred George Homer, Jr.[1] (1870 – 7 January 1937)[2] was an English professional football manager.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred George Homer | ||
| Date of birth | 1870 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | 7 January 1937 | ||
| Place of death | Bristol, England | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1899–1920 | Bristol Rovers | ||
Homer was born in Birmingham. He became Bristol Rovers' first full-time manager-secretary in 1899, a job he held for twenty-one years until 1920. Prior to this he was assistant secretary of Aston Villa.
Homer's father, also called Alfred Homer, founded the Vulcan Brewery in Aston, Birmingham, in 1878. The business was later sold in 1899 to Mitchells & Butlers, before the brewery site was sold to HP Foods for an HP Sauce factory.[3][4]
Homer died in Bristol on 7 January 1937 at the age of 66.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "1911 England Census". Ancestry. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ Kieron McMahon (2007). "Birmingham Breweries". MidlandsPubs.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
- ^ Alfred Homer Ltd. breweryhistory.com
- ^ "Death of Mr. Alfred G. Homer". Western Daily Press. 8 January 1937. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Death registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alfred Homer.
- Alfred Homer management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
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