Pat Glover
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernest Matthew Glover | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 9 September 1971 (aged 61) | ||
| Place of death | Tamerton Foliot, England | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) |
Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1928–1929 | Swansea Town | 0 | (0) |
| 1929–1939 | Grimsby Town | 227 | (180) |
| 1939–1940 | Plymouth Argyle | 3 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1931–1939 | Wales | 7 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ernest Matthew "Pat" Glover (9 September 1910 – 9 September 1971) was a Welsh international
the Football League for Grimsby Town and Plymouth Argyle, and was capped seven times by the Wales national team
.
Life and career
Born in
Football League club Swansea Town in 1928, but failed to make a league appearance before moving to Grimsby Town the following year.[2] Over the next decade, Glover scored 180 league goals in 227 games for Grimsby,[2] and won seven international caps for Wales, scoring seven goals.[3] He was the leading goalscorer in the Second Division for the 1933–34 season with 42,[4] and also received a Second Division winners medal at the end of the campaign as Grimsby were promoted to the First Division. Glover remains Grimsby's all-time highest scorer.[5]
Glover was transferred to Second Division club
publican in Tamerton Foliot in 1945,[3][6] and continued to live there until his death on 9 September 1971, which was his 61st birthday.[3]
References
- ^ "Pat Glover". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ^ a b c d e f "Pat Glover". GoS–DB. Greens on Screen. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ Ross, James M. (15 July 2011). "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "Legends – Ron Rafferty". Grimsby Town F.C. 7 April 2009. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-907969-40-2.
External links
- Pat Glover at WorldFootball.net