Alf Fields
Personal information
Date of birth 15 November 1918
Place of birth Canning Town, England
Date of death 14 November 2011(2011-11-14) (aged 92)
Place of death England
Position(s) Centre half
Youth career
1936–1939 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1952 Arsenal 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alf Fields BEM (15 November 1918 – 14 November 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half.

Career

Fields signed with Arsenal in 1936, turned professional in 1937, and made his debut in 1939.[1] Between then and 1952, Fields made a total of 19 appearances in the Football League.[2] Arsenal won the old First Division in 1947–48, but he only made six league appearances all season.[3] After retiring as a player, Fields spent time as a coach at Arsenal, before eventually retiring in November 1983.[1]

Fields played himself in the 1939 film The Arsenal Stadium Mystery.[4]

During World War II, Fields served in North Africa and Italy, earning the British Empire Medal.[5]

As the time of his death, Fields was Arsenal's oldest surviving player.[6] He died on 14 November 2011, one day before his 93rd birthday.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "ARSENAL : 1946/47 – 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "1947–48 competition statistics". 11v11.com. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Alf Fields at IMDb
  5. ↑ "Football and the Second World War". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  6. ↑ Matt Denver, Glenn Moore and Phil Shaw (3 May 2006). "Highbury memories". The Independent. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  7. ↑ "Alf Fields: 1918–2011". Arsenal F.C.


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