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Alfred Young (4 November 1905 in
Sunderland Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most p ...
– 30 August 1977) was a professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a defender for
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. They compete in , the third tier of English football league system, English football. Huddersfield Town we ...
between 1927 and 1945. He also played for Durham City and York City. He played for
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nine times between 1932 and 1938, including the infamous 6–3 win against
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in Berlin in
1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...
. He was also one of
Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
's caretaker
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during the 1950s. He also coached
Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional Association football, football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, Jylland, that plays in the Danish 1st Division, 1st division, the sec ...
.


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1905 births 1977 deaths Footballers from Sunderland English men's footballers England men's international footballers English Football League players Men's association football defenders Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Durham City A.F.C. players York City F.C. players Køge Boldklub managers SK Brann managers Esbjerg fB managers Denmark national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Denmark English Football League representative players English football managers 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-defender-1900s-stub