Abram Wallace Rosenthal (12 October 1921 – February 1986), also known as Abraham Rosenthal, was an English professional

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who played as a

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. Rosenthal was Jewish.

Career

Born in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

, Rosenthal was an amateur at

Prescot Cables Prescot Cables Football Club is a supporter-owned football club based in Prescot, Merseyside. It was established in 1884 and has also been known as Prescot and Prescot Town. They compete in the and play their home games at Valerie Park. They ...

, and hometown club

, before turning professional in 1939 with Tranmere Rovers. Rosenthal spent three spells with Tranmere, and also spent three spells at

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

. Rosenthal made a total of 225 appearances in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

, scoring 78 goals. He also played for Oldham Athletic. He died in February 1986, aged 64, having collapsed at his home in Woolton,

, after chasing two intruders from his house.News of the World Football Annual 1986-87 (1986)

References

1921 births 1986 deaths English Jews English men's footballers Jewish footballers Men's association football forwards Prescot Cables F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Liverpool {{England-footy-forward-1920s-stub