Ernie Tuckett
Personal information
Date of birth 1914
Place of birth Markse, England
Date of death 27 May 1945 (aged 30–31)
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Redcar Westfield
Guisborough Brigantes
Scarborough
1932–1937 Arsenal
1934 → Margate (loan)
1937–1938 Bradford City 13 (4)
1938–1945 Fulham
→ Bradford City (war guest)
1940 → Redcar Albion (war guest)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest William Tuckett (1914 – 27 May 1945) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward.

Career

Born in Marske,[1] Tuckett spent his early career with Redcar Westfield,[2] Guisborough Brigantes, Scarborough, Arsenal and Margate.[3] He joined Arsenal as an 18-year-old amateur in June 1932, turning professional in March 1936 after a spell with nursery club Margate in 1934.[4]

He joined Bradford City from Arsenal in February 1937,[1] in exchange for Laurie Scott.[4] He made 13 league and 1 FA Cup appearances for the club,[5] before moving to Fulham in April 1938.[1] He returned to Bradford City during World War Two, briefly guesting for Redcar Albion near his hometown of Marske on Christmas Day in 1940,[6] before dying in an airfield accident on 27 May 1945 when serving as a corporal in the Royal Air Force.[7][4]

Sources

  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Frost, p. 409
  2. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19320703/016/0016. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Ernie Tuckett at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. 1 2 3 "Profile". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Frost, p. 389
  6. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000770/19401223/182/0006. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "CWGC casualty record Ernest William Tuckett". cwgc.org.
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