Alfred Samuel Bean (25 August 1915 – 25 November 1993), known as Alf or Billy Bean,[3] was an English footballer who made 171[a] appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City either side of the Second World War. He began his career as an outside left, switched to wing half, and later played even further back, at left back.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Samuel Bean[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 August 1915[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lincoln,[1] England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Utility player | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 19??–1934 | Lincoln Corinthians | ||
| 1934–1949 | Lincoln City | 171[a] | (10) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Notes
edit- ^ a b Bean played in three matches in the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season. Joyce includes those appearances, giving Bean a total of 174,[3] but most sources, including his Lincoln City FC Archive statistics, do not (although, inconsistently, his prose profile at that site does).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Billy Bean". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "Lincoln City. Captures: Raw and Corbett". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xiii – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
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