For the full back active in the 1920 and 1930s, see Fred Corbett (footballer, born 1909).
Fred Corbett
Corbett while at Brentford in 1906
Personal information
Full name
Frederick Herbert Corbett[1]
Date of birth
1880[2]
Place of birth
Canning Town, England[2]
Date of death
15 April 1924 (1924-04-16) (aged 43)[2]
Place of death
Brentford, England[3]
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)
Forward
Youth career
Old St Luke's
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1899–1900
Thames Ironworks
3
(0)
1900–1901
West Ham United
33
(13)
1901–1903
Bristol Rovers
1903–1905
Bristol City
49
(14)
1905
Bristol Rovers
1905–1908
Brentford
93
(37)
1908–1911
Bristol Rovers
1911
Worcester City
1911–1912
New Brompton
22
(6)
1912–1913
Merthyr Town
1913–1914
Tranmere Rovers
1914
Croydon Common
1919
Winsford United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Frederick Corbett (1880 – 15 April 1924) was a professional footballer who played for Thames Ironworks (where he worked as a labourer[4]) and the club's successor West Ham United,[5] before spending three spells at Bristol Rovers punctuated by time at Bristol City and Brentford.[2][6] Following his final departure from Bristol Rovers in 1911 he joined New Brompton.[7] He was one of the first black footballers to play in the Football League.[8][9]
Thames Ironworks Squad, 1899. Fred Corbett is on the left of the second row.
Corbett made three appearances in the Southern League for Thames Ironworks, and played a total of 139 games for Bristol Rovers in the same competition, scoring 52 goals.
^Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 66. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ abcd"A to M". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^"A special anniversary..." www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^"West Ham United: Fred Corbett". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^"Fred Corbett". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 358–359. ISBN 0951526200.
^"Gillingham FC Career Details – Fred Corbett". gillinghamfcscrapbook.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^"Black Footballers". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^Stephen Wynn (2018). Against All Odds: Walter Tull the Black Lieutenant. Pen and Sword Books. p. 30. ISBN 9781526704078. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
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