Philip Eric Gordon Stubbs (10 September 1912 – 25 January 2013) was an English professional football who played as a winger. He played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Wrexham, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Chester City.[4][1]

Eric Stubbs
Personal information
Full name Philip Eric Gordon Stubbs[1]
Date of birth (1912-09-10)10 September 1912[1]
Place of birth Chester, Cheshire, England[1]
Date of death 25 January 2013(2013-01-25) (aged 100)
Place of death Chester, England[2]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Winsford United
Nantwich Town
1934 Bolton Wanderers 0 (0)
1934–1935 Wrexham 28 (10)
1935–1936 Nottingham Forest 22 (6)
1936–1939 Leicester City 74 (14)
1945–1946 Chester 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

His final pre-war club was Leicester City, for which he made his highest number of appearances, helping guide them to the First Division.[5] After the war, he returned to his hometown Chester where he joined Chester City.

He was the first and, as of 2018, only Leicester City player to live to the age of 100.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Player search: Stubbs, PEG (Eric)". English National Football Archive (ENFA). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Eric Stubbs player profile". Wrexham AFC Archive. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Nottingham Forest. Hopes centred on 'Boy' Martin". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vii – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Green, Jim (17 September 2012). "Chester man's 100th birthday unites Reds and Blues". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Stubbs Eric Image 1 Nottingham Forest 1935".
  6. ^ Hutchinson, John (29 April 2018). "Former Player Remembers: Eric Stubbs". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 2 November 2023.