Gordon Ashcroft

Gordon Ashcroft

Personal information
Full name	Gordon Ashcroft
Date of birth	7 September 1902(1902-09-07)
Place of birth	Lea, England
Date of death	Unknown
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
19xx–1925	Coppull	?	(?)
1925–1927	Burnley	1	(0)
1927–19xx	Burscough Rangers	?	(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Gordon Aschroft (born 7 September 1902, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Lea, Lancashire, he played for Coppull before joining Football League First Division side Burnley in November 1925.^[1] He made his debut for the club on 7 December 1925 in the 3–1 win against Birmingham at Turf Moor.^[2] Ashcroft failed to make another first-team appearance for Burnley and was released at the end of the 1926–27 season. In August 1927 he signed for Burscough Rangers, and his whereabouts thereafter are untraced.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club. Burnley: Burnley Football Club. p. 492. ISBN 978-1-9557468-0-2. 
2. ^ Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club. Burnley: Burnley Football Club. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-9557468-0-2. 

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Name	Ashcroft, Gordon
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Date of birth	7 September 1902
Place of birth	Lea, England
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