Full name Ernest Coquet Playing position Role Footballer | Place of death Gateshead, England Name Ernie Coquet Position Defender | |
Date of birth (1883-01-06)6 January 1883 Date of death 26 October 1946(1946-10-26) (aged 63) Died October 26, 1946, Gateshead, United Kingdom | ||
Ernest "Ernie" Coquet (6 January 1883 – 26 October 1946) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back for Gateshead Town, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur, Port Vale, Fulham, and Leadgate Park. He helped "Spurs" to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1908–09.
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Playing career
Coquet had spells with Seaham White Star and Gateshead Town, before joining Sunderland in 1905. He left the club to join Reading without making a first team appearance. In 1908 the full-back signed for Tottenham Hotspur, together with Billy Minter, in a combined £500 deal. He helped "Spurs"" to win promotion out of the Second Division with a second place finish in 1908–09, one point behind champions Bolton Wanderers. They went on to post 15th places finishes in the First Division in the 1909–10 and 1910–11 campaigns. In his three seasons at White Hart Lane he made 77 Football League, eight FA Cup and six Southern League appearances. Coquet then moved onto the Central League club Port Vale, scoring five goals in 61 games and helping the club lift the Staffordshire Senior Cup in the process. He was sold on to Fulham for a 'substantial' amount in January 1913. The "Lilywhites" finished eighth and ninth in the Second Division in 1911–12 and 1912–13, and Coquet featured in a further 47 matches at Craven Cottage, before ending his career at Northern League club Leadgate Park.