Albert Stitfall
{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
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| name = Albert Stitfall
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| fullname = Albert Edward Stitfall
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|07|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cardiff, Wales
| death_date = 1998{{cite web
| title = Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes
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| publisher = Findmypast.com
| access-date = 16 June 2009
| archive-date = 2 July 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150702185047/http://www.findmypast.com/post84BMDSearchStart.action?redef=0&searchType=B
| url-status = dead
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| death_place = Cardiff, Wales
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| position = Defender
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| years1 = 1948–1952
| years2 = 1952–1953
| clubs1 = Cardiff City
| clubs2 = Torquay United
| caps1 = 7 | goals1 = 1
| caps2 = 22 | goals2 = 1
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Albert Edward Stitfall (7 July 1924 – 1998) was a Welsh professional footballer.
Career
Stitfall was born in Cardiff, and joined his hometown side Cardiff City during the Second World War, later serving in the Royal Navy. On his return to Britain he continued to play for Cardiff, although never managing to establish himself in the first team.{{Cite book | title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City | first = Dean | last = Hayes | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2006 | pages=178–179 | location=Derby | isbn= 1-85983-462-0}} While at the club he also played alongside both of his brothers, Ron Stitfall would go on to become one of the club's all-time greats, making over 400 appearances, while Bob Stitfall would only ever go as far as the reserve side.{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ron-stitfall-stalwart-of-cardiff-city-fc-871774.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429082308/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ron-stitfall-stalwart-of-cardiff-city-fc-871774.html |archive-date=2010-04-29 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Ron Stitfall:Stalwart of Cardiff City FC |work=The Independent|location=London |date=19 July 2008 |access-date=16 September 2009}}
He left the club in 1952 to sign for Torquay United and, despite playing in nearly half of the club's games that season, he left the club at the end of the season never returning to league football.
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Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Cardiff
Category:Cardiff City F.C. players
Category:Torquay United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Royal Navy personnel of World War II
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