Desmond Stretton Broomfield (6 October 1921 – 5 June 2007) was an English footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Desmond Stretton Broomfield[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 October 1921||
Place of birth | Hove, England | ||
Date of death | 5 June 2007[1] | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Burgess Hill, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1936–1948 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
1948–195? | Hastings United | 20 | (0) |
Shoreham | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Broomfield was born in 1921 in Hove, Sussex, and attended Shoreham Grammar School. He joined Brighton & Hove Albion as a 16-year-old amateur, but his career was interrupted by the outbreak of war,[2] during which he served in the Royal Air Force.[3] He returned to Albion in time to play in the first post-war league match, still as an amateur, signed on semi-professional terms in 1947, and went on to make 26 first-team appearances. He later played non-league football for Hastings United and Shoreham.[2] Broomfield died in Burgess Hill in 2007 at the age of 85.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Des Broomfield". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
- ^ Vinicombe, John (24 November 2001). "Vintage Vinners". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 11 December 2018.