Bert Gadsden

{{short description|English footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bert Gadsden

| image =

| fullname = Herbert Gadsden

| birth_date = 12 September 1893

| birth_place = Nottingham, England

| death_date = 1973 (aged 80)

| death_place = Mansfield, England

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = – | clubs1 = Standen Hill Victoria |caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = 1912–1915 | clubs2 = Stoke |caps2 = 69 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1919–1922 | clubs3 = Mansfield Invicta |caps3 = |goals3 =

| years4 = 1922–1930 | clubs4 = Notts Rangers|caps4 = |goals4 =

}}

Herbert Gadsden (12 September 1893 – 1973) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}

Career

Gadsden was born in Nottingham and played amateur football with Standen Hill Victoria before joining Stoke in 1912. He became Stoke's first choice goalkeeper in 1912–13 and 1913–14 before losing his place to Richard Herron in 1914–15. After World War I Gadsden returned to amateur football with Mansfield Invicta and Notts Rangers.

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Stoke

|1912–13

|33

020350
1913–14

|30

030330
1914–15

|6

02080
colspan="2"|Career Total

!69

070760

References