Bert Young

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Bert Young

Personal information
Full name	Herbert Young
Date of birth	(1899-09-04)4 September 1899
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	1976 (aged 76–77)
Position(s)	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1922–1923	Everton	0	(0)
1923–1925	Aberdare Athletic	68	(5)
1925–1926	Brentford	33	(2)
	Bangor City
1927–1928	Newport County	64	(6)
1929	Queens Park Rangers	14	(1)
1930–1932	Bristol Rovers	75	(11)
1932–1933	Swindon Town	14	(2)
Total		268	(27)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bert Young (4 September 1899 – 1976) was an English professional football outside left who made over 260 appearances in the Football League.

Playing career

Early years

Young began his career at Division One side Everton, before dropping down to the Division Three South to sign for Aberdare Athletic in 1923. He made 68 appearances and scored five goals for departing in February 1925.

Brentford

Young joined Division Three South strugglers Brentford in February 1925. He made 11 appearances in what remained of the 1924/25 season, before adding another 23 appearances and two goals the following year as the Bees stumbled to an 18th-place finish. He departed in 1926.

Bristol Rovers

Young signed for Division Three South side Bristol Rovers in 1930. In two years with the club, he made 75 appearances and scored 11 goals.

Swindon Town

Young rounded out his career with a spell at Division Three South side Swindon Town. In a turgid 1932/33 season, in which the Robins finished bottom of the Football League, he made 14 appearances and scored two goals.