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Full name
  
Ernest Collinge

Position
  
Defender

Role
  
Footballer

Name
  
Ernest Collinge

Playing position
  
Half-back


Date of birth
  
(1895-12-05)5 December 1895

Place of birth
  
Date of death
  
15 December 1960(1960-12-15) (aged 65)

Place of death
  
Stoke-on-Trent, England

Died
  
December 15, 1960, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

Ernest Collinge (5 December 1895 – 15 December 1960) was an English footballer who played as a half-back for Port Vale in the 1920s. He was the elder brother of Tom Collinge.

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Playing career

Collinge joined Port Vale in May 1921, and made his debut in a Potteries derby match against Stoke in the North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup final on 9 May, which Vale lost 5–3. He scored five goals (all penalties) in 41 Second Division appearances in the 1921–22 season, and also featured again in the North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup. He was an ever-present for the 1922–23 campaign, claiming three league goals, including one in a 2–1 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford. He played just 19 games in the 1923–24 season, as he fractured his left leg in January, though made a speedy recover and was back in action five months later. He played 32 league and cup games in the 1924–25 campaign and dislocated his right arm in February 1925. His career at The Old Recreation Ground was effectively finished, and he retired at the close of the 1925–26 campaign after playing just 14 games that season.

Statistics

  • Sourced from Ernest Collinge profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  • Honours

    with Port Vale
  • North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup runner-up: 1921
  • North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup winner: 1922 (shared)
  • References

    Ernest Collinge Wikipedia


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