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Player #254

From:

To:

Career Status:

1914-15

1921-22

Retired

Appearances:

21

Starts:

21

Goals:

2

Assists:

-

Involvements:

2

Howard Humphries

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Forward

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SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Howard Humphries

Seasons Quick-View

1914-21 🕒 21 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 - | #254 |

Season :

1914-15
1919-20
1920-21
1921-22

Age :

20
25
26
27

Division :

D1
D1
D1
D1

Squad # :

#
#
#
#

Appearances :

7
6
5
3

Starts :

7
6
5
3

Substitute :

0
0
0
0

Unused :

0
0
0
0

Goals :

1
0
1
0

Assists :

-
-
-
-

Involvements :

1
0
1
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

William Howard Humphries

Birth Date

19 May 1891

Birth Place

Aston, Birmingham

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Handsworth Grammar School
1911-14 Handsworth Amateurs

Original Transfer

Aged

22

From

Handsworth Amateurs

For

Free

On

July 1913

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

Southend United

Free

December 1921

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

1921 Southend United
1921-22 Rotherham County
Retired

Died

1960, Aged 66

Howard Humphries

Villa Career

1914-21 🕒 21 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 - | #254 |

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

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

2 September 1914

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

2 September 1914

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1914-15

2 September 1914

Notts County (h), Division One

23

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1921-22

5 September 1921

Cardiff City (a), Division One

30

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

5 September 1921

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

Howard Humphries

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Player #255 for Aston Villa, William Howard Humphries, played as a forward for the club.

Howard played for Villa between 1914-15 and 1921-22 making 21 appearances.

Howard was born in Aston, less than a mile from Villa Park, on 19 May 1891 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on the 2nd September 1914 aged 23.

Villa had signed Howard from Handsworth Amateurs in July 1913.

He was largely used as a back up forward before and after the Great War, making his final appearance on 5th September 1921 before moving to Southend United in December 1921.

Howard had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Howard passed away in 1954 aged 62.

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