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Player #260

From:

To:

Career Status:

1919-20

1921-22

Retired

Appearances:

33

Starts:

33

Goals:

0

Assists:

-

Involvements:

0

Ernie Blackburn

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Full Back

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SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Ernie Blackburn

Seasons Quick-View

1919-22 🕒 33 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #260 |

Season :

1919-20
1920-21
1921-22

Age :

27
28
29

Division :

D1
D1
D1

Squad # :

#
#
#

Appearances :

9
4
20

Starts :

9
4
20

Substitute :

0
0
0

Unused :

0
0
0

Goals :

0
0
0

Assists :

-
-
-

Involvements :

0
0
0

Games / Goal :

Bookings :

-
-
-

Sendings Off :

-
-
-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Robert Ernest Blackburn

Birth Date

23 April 1892

Birth Place

Crawshaw Booth, Manchester, Greater Manchester

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Loveclough FC
Manchester Youth Club
The Royal Medical Corps

Original Transfer

Aged

27

From

Royal Medical Corps

For

Free

On

1919

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

30

Bradford City

Free

July 1922

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1922-24 Bradford City
Retired

Died

9 December 1969, Aged 70

Ernie Blackburn

Villa Career

1919-22 🕒 33 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #260 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

30 August 1919

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

30 August 1919

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1919-20

30 August 1919

Sunderland (a), Division One

26

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1921-22

17 April 1922

Chelsea (h), Division One

29

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

17 April 1922

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

1919-20 FA Cup Winners |

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

Ernie Blackburn

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Player #261 for Aston Villa, Robert Ernest Blackburn, known as Ernie Blackburn played as a full back for the club.

Ernie played for Villa between 1919-20 and 1921-22 season making 33 appearances.

Ernie was born in Crawshaw Booth, Manchester on 23rd April 1892 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on the 13th September 1919 aged 27.

Villa had signed Ernie from youth football and during his time with Villa won the 1919-20 FA Cup, appearing in the 1st Round match versus Queens Park Rangers.

Ernie played his last game for Villa on the 17th April 1922 at the age of 30 before moving on to Bradford City.

Ernie played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Ernie passed away in Handsworth on 9th December 1969 aged 70.

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