Ernie Brinton
Personal information
Full name Ernest James Brinton
Date of birth (1908-05-26)26 May 1908
Place of birth Bristol, England
Date of death (1981-09-17)17 September 1981
Place of death Bristol, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Position(s) Half back
Youth career
Avonmouth Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1937 Bristol City 249 (7)
1937–1946 Newport County 78 (3)
1946–19?? Aldershot 12 (0)
Street
Managerial career
Ilfracombe Town (player/manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest James Brinton (26 May 1908 – 17 September 1981) was an English footballer who played as a half back. He made over 330 Football League appearances in the years before and after the Second World War.[2]

Career

Brinton played for Bristol City.[3][4]

Honours

with Newport County

References

  1. "Bristol City. Forward line strengthened". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xi via Newspapers.com.
  2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. Woods, David; Leigh Edwards (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.
  4. Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-95-X.


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