Wilf Mayer
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wilfred Mayer | ||
Date of birth | 18 February 1912 | ||
Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
Date of death | April 1979 | (aged 67)||
Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
Position(s) |
Inside-right | ||
Youth career | |||
Newcastle PSA | |||
Downings Tileries | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1932–1937 | Stoke City | 1 | (0) |
1937–1938 | Southampton | 14 | (0) |
1938–???? | Wellington Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Wilf Mayer (18 February 1912 – April 1979) was an English professional
Wellington Town where he won a Welsh Cup
winner's medal in 1940.
Football career
Mayer was born in Stoke-on-Trent, and after playing for local works teams, Newcastle PSA and Downings Tileries, he signed as a professional with Stoke City in August 1932. Mayer spent most of his career at Stoke in the reserves, making only one first-team appearance in the 1934–35 season which came in a 1–0 defeat at home to Chelsea on 9 March 1935.[1]
In March 1937, he was one of the first signings by
inside-right shirt for the remainder of the season.[3]
In the following season, the signing of players such as
Football League teams even when the fee was later halved.[2]
Eventually, Mayer joined
Swansea Town 4–1.[2]
Career statistics
Source:[5]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Stoke City | 1934–35 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Southampton | 1936–37 | Second Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
1937–38 | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Career total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Honours
- Wellington Town
- Welsh Cup winner: 1940
References
- ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- ^ ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
- ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
- ^ Saints – A complete record. pp. 98–99.
- ^ Wilf Mayer at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)