Ernie Shepherd
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernest Shepherd | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Wombwell, England | ||
| Date of death | 2001 (aged 81–82) | ||
| Place of death | Eastwood, England | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dearne Valley Schools | |||
| Bradford City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Bradford Rovers | |||
| 1938–1948 | Fulham | 72 | (13) |
| 1948–1949 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | (0) |
| 1949–1950 | Hull City | 15 | (3) |
| 1950–1957 | Queens Park Rangers | 219 | (51) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1967–1969 | Southend United | ||
| 1971–1972 | Pegasus Athletic | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ernest Shepherd (14 August 1919 – 2001) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as an outside left for Fulham, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City and Queens Park Rangers.[1] He went on to manage Southend United.[2]
Shepherd was born in Wombwell, near Barnsley, in Yorkshire.[1] He joined Fulham in April 1938, following a successful trial in September 1937,[3] before signing for West Bromwich Albion in December 1948, moving on again only after only three months to Hull City.[4] He joined Queens Park Rangers in 1950, and made his debut in August that year against Chesterfield.[5] Shepherd played 219 league games for QPR scoring 51 goals before retiring from playing in 1957.[1]
He went on to coach both in England, for Hastings United and Bradford Park Avenue, and abroad, in Iceland and for Al-Wasl in the United Arab Emirates.[3] From 1967 to 1969 was manager of Southend United.
Shepherd died in Eastwood, Essex, in 2001.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Ernie Shepherd". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Former managers". Southend United F.C. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ a b "1938: Ernie's Fruitless Treble". Fulham F.C. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Ernie Shepherd". Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ Westerberg, Kenneth. "Queens Park Rangers 1950–51" (Excel spreadsheet). QPRnet. Retrieved 7 October 2009.[permanent dead link]