Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 November 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Canning Town, England | ||
Date of death | 14 November 2011 | (aged 92)||
Place of death | England | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Youth career | |||
1936–1939 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1939–1952 | Arsenal | 19 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alf Fields BEM (15 November 1918 – 14 November 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half.
Fields signed with Arsenal in 1936, turned professional in 1937, and made his debut in 1939.[1] Between then and 1952, Fields made a total of 19 appearances in the Football League.[2] Arsenal won the old First Division in 1947–48, but he only made six league appearances all season.[3] After retiring as a player, Fields spent time as a coach at Arsenal, before eventually retiring in November 1983.[1]
Fields played himself in the 1939 film The Arsenal Stadium Mystery.[4]
During World War II, Fields served in North Africa and Italy, earning the British Empire Medal.[5]
As the time of his death, Fields was Arsenal's oldest surviving player.[6] He died on 14 November 2011, one day before his 93rd birthday.[7]