Alf Matthews

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{about||the English boxer|Alf Matthews (boxer)|the Welsh rugby footballer|Alfred Mathews}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alf Matthews

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|4|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bristol, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1985|1901}}

| death_place = Plymouth, DevonEngland & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007

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| position = Outside right

| youthyears1 = – | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = – | clubs1 = Parson Street OB | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1921–1922 | clubs2 = Bristol City | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1922–1926 | clubs3 = Exeter City | caps3 = 138 | goals3 = 13

| years4 = 1926–1933 | clubs4 = Plymouth Argyle | caps4 = 142 | goals4 = 30

| years5 = 1933–1934 | clubs5 = Doncaster Rovers | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 1934–1935 | clubs6 = Crystal Palace | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0

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Alfred William Matthews (28 April 1901 – 1985) was an English professional footballer who made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League playing for Bristol City, Exeter City, Plymouth Argyle and Doncaster Rovers. He played as an outside right.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData (Tony Brown) |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=179 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}{{cite web |url=http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=527&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |title=Alf Matthews |publisher=Greens on Screen |access-date=19 August 2010}}