Stan Foxall
Foxall at Colchester United
Personal information
Full name Joseph Stanley Foxall
Date of birth (1914-09-08)8 September 1914
Place of birth Crowle, England
Date of death 12 August 1991(1991-08-12) (aged 76)
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1934 Gainsborough Trinity (?)
1934–1944 West Ham United 106 (37)
1948–1950 Colchester United 86 (16)
Chelmsford City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Stanley Foxall (8 September 1914 – 12 August 1991) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for West Ham United.

Career

Born in Crowle, Lincolnshire, Foxall had been playing football at Gainsborough Trinity, where he spent three seasons, before being signed by West Ham United in 1934.[2] He made four league appearances in his first season,[3] replacing John Foreman on the right wing.[4]

He represented the London Combination against the Central League in November 1936.[2]

Foxall could operate anywhere along the forward line, and was often moved from the right wing to a more central role, swapping with Sam Small, by Charlie Paynter.[2]

Foxall made 149 war-time league and cup appearances for the east London club, scoring 63 goals, and was a member of the team that won the Football League War Cup in 1940.[3]

His career at West Ham was cut short by a knee injury sustained in a game against Queens Park Rangers in September 1944.[2]

He subsequently joined Southern League side Colchester United in 1948, where he spent two seasons.[5]

He later played for Chelmsford City.[6]

Honours

Club

West Ham United[2]
Colchester United[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "West Ham. 'We can't go on being pipped'". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vi – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 85. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
  3. 1 2 "Joseph Stanley Foxall". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Hogg (2005). p. 84
  5. ↑ "Stan Foxall". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012) [2002]. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
  7. ↑ "Southern League Honours". coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Southern League Cup Honours". coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2018.


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