Sheffield, Alexander

Birthplace

Nottingham

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Half-Back

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Alexander Sheffield played for Exeter City during the late 1920s having joined the club from Mansfield Town. He was later on the books of Bristol City and Rochdale.

As well as representing the Nottingham and County schools teams, he was also capped at England schools level. He was working as a clerk in the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company office in Nottingham when he signed professional roms for Shirebrook in the Midland league as a 17-year-old. After one season with Shirebook, he signed for Mansfield Town in 1926.

He moved to Exeter City in the summer of 1928 and made his league debut for the Grecians against Newport County in March 1929. Retained for the following season, he appeared in a further 12 Third Division South matches for Exeter.

He left to join Bristol City for 1930-31 but didn’t play a league game and, afer one season at Ashton Gate, signed for Rochdale, where once again he didn’t have a league outing.

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