Allan Maxwell (2 April 1869 – 1956) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Darwen, Everton and Stoke.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Allan Maxwell[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1869[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Motherwell, Scotland[1] | ||
| Date of death | 1956 (aged 86–87)[2][3] | ||
| Place of death | New Lexington, Ohio, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1890–1891 | Cambuslang | 13 | (5) |
| 1891–1893 | Everton | 43 | (13) |
| 1893–1895 | Darwen | 60 | (22) |
| 1895–1897 | Stoke | 31 | (4) |
| 1897–1898 | St Bernard's | 4 | (1) |
| Total | 151 | (45) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editMaxwell was born in Motherwell (though resided mainly in Hamilton in his youth)[3] and played for Cambuslang in the inaugural season of the Scottish Football League, also featuring in the Glasgow FA v Sheffield FA challenge fixture,[4] before joining English club Everton in 1891, along with goalkeeper Archibald Pinnell.[3][1]
He spent three years at Everton during the period when they moved from Anfield to Goodison Park, scoring 15 goals, and helped them reach the 1893 FA Cup Final where he played in a 1–0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers.[3][1] He joined Darwen in 1893 and spent another three years with the struggling Lancashire club[3] before he was subject to a bizarre transfer to Stoke:[1] instead of requesting an amount of money for Maxwell, Darwen instead wanted Stoke to provide them with a new set of wrought iron gates.[1][3] He spent two seasons with Stoke, making 37 appearances and scoring six goals, before returning to Scotland with St Bernard's.[1][4] He soon emigrated to the United States in 1902 and remained living there until his death.[3]
Career statistics
editSource:[5]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Test Match | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Everton | 1891–92 | Football League | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 4 | |
| 1892–93 | First Division | 23 | 7 | 7 | 3 | — | 30 | 10 | ||
| 1893–94 | First Division | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 2 | ||
| Total | 43 | 13 | 7 | 3 | — | 50 | 16 | |||
| Darwen | 1893–94 | First Division | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 |
| 1894–95 | Second Division | 27 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 12 | ||
| 1895–96 | Second Division | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 60 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 23 | ||
| Stoke | 1895–96 | First Division | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 12 | 3 | |
| 1896–97 | First Division | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||
| Total | 31 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | 37 | 6 | |||
| Career Total | 134 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 45 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- ^ Allen Maxwell, FindAGrave
- ^ a b c d e f g The Allan Maxwell Story, Tony Onslow, EFC Heritage Society, 14 April 2020
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Allan Maxwell at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)