Albert Mays (footballer)

{{short description|Welsh footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Albert Mays

|image =

|caption =

|fullname = Albert Edward Mays{{Hugman|13402|accessdate=3 January 2021}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|1929|4|18|df=y}}

|birth_place = Ynyshir, Wales

|death_date = {{death date and age|1973|7|5|1929|4|18|df=y}}

|death_place = Derby, England

|height =

|position = Wing half

|youthyears1 = 1946–1949

|youthclubs1 = Derby County

|years1 = 1949–1960

|clubs1 = Derby County

|caps1 = 272

|goals1 = 21

|years2 = 1960–1961

|clubs2 = Chesterfield

|caps2 = 37

|goals2 = 5

|years3 =

|clubs3 = Burton Albion

|caps3 =

|goals3 =

|totalcaps = 309

|totalgoals = 26

}}

Albert Edward Mays (18 April 1929 – 5 July 1973) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a wing half. Mays was also an amateur cricketer.

Football career

Born in Ynyshir, Mays played for Derby County, Chesterfield and Burton Albion.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/albertmays.html|title=Profile|accessdate=12 September 2013|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329032402/http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/staticFiles/fd/49/0%2C%2C10435~150013%2C00.xls |url=http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/staticFiles/fd/49/0,,10435~150013,00.xls |format=Excel spreadsheet |first=Stuart |last=Basson |title=Football League players, 1921 to 2009 |publisher=Chesterfield F.C. |date=18 February 2010 |archivedate=29 March 2012 |accessdate=12 September 2013 |url-status = dead}}{{ENFA}}

Cricket career

Mays played for the 2nd team of the Derbyshire County Cricket Club.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/66/66537/66537.html|title=Profile|accessdate=12 September 2013|publisher=Cricket Archive}}

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