Albert Cheesebrough

Football player infobox
playername = Albert Cheesebrough


fullname =
height = height|ft=6|in=1
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1935|1|17|df=y
cityofbirth = Burnley
countryofbirth = England
currentclub =
position = Inside Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1951–1959
1959–1963
1963–1965
1965–1967
clubs = Burnley
Leicester City
Port Vale
Mansfield Town
caps(goals) = 142 (35)
122 (40)
057 (13)
024 0(0)
nationalyears = 1956
nationalteam = England Under-23
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 0(0)

Albert Cheesebrough (born 17 January 1935) was an English footballer who played for Burnley, Leicester City, Port Vale and Mansfield Town.

Football career

Born in Burnley, Lancashire, he joined Burnley as a 15-year-old in the summer of 1950, after a series of outstanding performances as captain of his school team, Rosegrove and for representative schoolboy teams at town and county level for Lancashire. He signed professional terms on his 17th birthday in January 1952 and made his First Division debut against Manchester United three months later before notching his first senior goal against Chelsea in April 1952. He became a regular at inside forward in the 1955–56 season, linking up well on the left wing with Brian Pilkington. On 7 November 1957, he score a hat-trick in a 7–3 victory over Leicester City.

He made 158 appearances for Burnley between 1952 and 1959, scoring 40 goals. He was sold to Leicester City in June 1959 for £20,000.

At Leicester City, he was the club's top scorer in 1959–60 with 17 goals, and the following season he was part of the City side who were defeated 2–0 by Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup Final.

He also made one appearance for England at Under-23 level against France at Bristol City's Ashton Gate ground in 1956.

After spells with Port Vale and Mansfield Town, a broken leg ended his career. He then retired to run a butcher's shop business in Southport. [cite web| url= http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/1999/4/13/775291.html|title = The life and times of former Clarets star Albert Cheesebrough|publisher=www.thisislancashire.co.uk|date=13 April 1999 |author= Pete Olive | accessdate=1 October|accessyear = 2008]

Family

His daughter, Susan, represented Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics as a gymnast, and was British national champion in 1978 and 1979. [cite web| url= http://www.designedbytim.com/gymnstands/results_natlchamps.htm|title = National champions by country|publisher=www.designedbytim.com (GymnStands)|date=|author= | accessdate=1 October|accessyear = 2008]

Honours

;Leicester City
*FA Cup finalist: 1961

References

External links

* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/albertcheesebrough.htm Albert Cheesebrough stats at neilbrown]
* [http://www.claretsmad.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=ED35&id=343506 Burnley career details]
* [http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/VintageClarets/0,,10413~241348,00.html Burnley profile]
* [http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/6698/profiles/cheesebrough.html Interview with Cheesebrough in 1959, just after his transfer to Leicester City]

Persondata
NAME = Cheesebrough, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = English footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 17 January 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH = Burnley, England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =