Chris Adams
Personal information
Full name Christopher James Adams
Date of birth (1927-09-06)6 September 1927
Place of birth Hornchurch, England
Date of death 24 June 2012(2012-06-24) (aged 84)
Place of death Brentwood, England
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Leytonstone
1948–1952 Tottenham Hotspur 6 (1)
1952–1953 Norwich City 29 (3)
1954–1956 Watford 75 (5)
Dartford
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher James Adams (6 September 1927 – 24 June 2012) was an English footballer whose position was outside left.

Playing career

Adams started his career playing for various local teams in Essex before joining Leytonstone.[1]

He signed for Tottenham Hotspur as an apprentice in 1947, before turning professional the following year and playing in the top division of English football. After four years at Spurs he made a total of just six appearances.[2] Although his solitary goal came on his debut in a win 5–0 victory over Derby County at White Hart Lane in March 1952.[3]

Adams signed for Norwich in 1952 and went on to feature in 29 matches and found the net on three occasions.

His last professional club was Watford, whom he played for from 1954 until 1956 and making a further 75 appearances and netting five goals, when he was granted a free transfer by the Football League.

Adams ended his playing career with Southern Football League side Dartford where he netted 21 goals in 216 appearances before retiring in 1964.[4][5]

Adams died on 24 June 2012 at the age of 84.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hugman,B,J, (Ed) The PFA Premier& Football League Players' Records 1946-2005 (2005) ISBN 1-85291-665-6 p14
  2. ↑ Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players Retrieved 11 May 2010 Archived 5 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Tottenham Football/ Premier League debut scorers".
  4. ↑ Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 21. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
  5. 1 2 Chris Adams obituary Retrieved 15 September 2014
  • Chris Adams at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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