Bert Yarnall

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bert Yarnall

| fullname = Herbert George Yarnall

| birth_date = 1892

| birth_place = Goole, England

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1943|1892}}

| death_place =

| position = Inside left, centre forward

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Kidsgrove Wellington

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1914

| clubs2 = Blackpool

| caps2 = 9

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1916–1917

| clubs3 = Airdrieonians

| caps3 = 46

| goals3 = 45

| years4 = 1917–1918

| clubs4 = Clydebank

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1918–1919

| clubs5 = Dumbarton

| caps5 = 14

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 1920

| clubs6 = Reading

| caps6 = 5

| goals6 = 1

| years7 =

| clubs7 = Oswestry Town

| caps7 =

| goals7 =

}}

Herbert George Yarnall (1892–1943) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward in the Scottish League for Airdrieonians, Clydebank and Dumbarton.{{Cite web |title=Airdrieonians F.C. And The First World War |url=http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/pdf_Airdrieonians_FC.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720051831/http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/pdf_Airdrieonians_FC.pdf |archive-date=20 July 2018 |access-date=22 July 2017 |page=2}} He was the top scorer in the Scottish League Division One during the 1916–17 season, with 39 goals.{{Cite web |title=Scotland – List of Topscorers |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scottops.html |access-date=22 July 2017 |website=RSSSF}} Yarnall also played in the Football League for Blackpool and Reading.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=322}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |National Cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

Blackpool

|1914–15{{Cite news |title=Blackpool Squad 1914/15 |language=en-US |work=Football and the First World War |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/blackpool-squad-191415/ |access-date=22 July 2017}}

|Second Division

|9

|1

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|9

|1

rowspan="3" |Airdrieonians

|1916–17{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}}

| rowspan="2" |Scottish Division One

|33

|39

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|33

|39

1917–18

|13

|6

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|13

|6

colspan="2" |Total

!46

!45

! colspan="2" |—

! colspan="2" |—

!46

!45

Clydebank

|1917–18

|Scottish Division One

|14

|4

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|14

|4

Dumbarton

|1918–19{{Cite web |title=Herbert Yarnall – Player Statistics |url=https://sonsarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=897 |access-date=22 July 2017 |website=The Sons Archive – Dumbarton Football Club History |language=en}}

|Scottish Division One

|14

|5

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|14

|5

colspan="3" |Career total

!83

!55

!0

!0

!0

!0

!83

!55

Honours

References