Albert Sykes

Football, Football player

1900 – 1994

68

Who was Albert Sykes?

E. Albert A. Sykes was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Lincoln City.

Sykes was born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. A coal miner by trade, he played football for Maltby Victoria and Maltby Main Colliery Welfare before turning professional with First Division club Birmingham in August 1924. He played only once for Birmingham's first team, standing in for George Liddell in a 3–2 defeat away to Burnley on 2 February 1925, and joined Third Division South club Brighton & Hove Albion in May 1926. Sykes played 16 league games in two seasons with Brighton before signing for Lincoln City in June 1928. He remained with Lincoln for three seasons, playing 44 games in all competitions, of which 42 were in the Third Division North. He finished off his playing career in non-league football with successively Peterborough & Fletton United, Luton Town and Grantham, where he played in most of the fixtures of the 1932–33 season.

Sykes died in Rotherham, South Yorkshire in 1994.

We need you!

Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!

Born
Sep 29, 1900
Shirebrook
Lived in
  • Shirebrook
Died
1994
Rotherham

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

Citation

Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Albert Sykes." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/albert_sykes>.

Discuss this Albert Sykes biography with the community:

0 Comments

    Browse Biographies.net