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Alfred Herbert Amos (9 February 1893 – 27 October 1959) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brentford and Millwall. He is a member of the Millwall Hall of Fame.

Alf Amos

Amos lining up for Brentford in 1919.
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Herbert Amos[1]
Date of birth	(1893-02-09)9 February 1893
Place of birth	Forest Hill, England
Date of death	27 October 1959(1959-10-27) (aged 66)
Place of death	Dunstable, England
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1913	Old Kingstonians
1913–1922	Brentford	131	(5)
1922–1929	Millwall Athletic	217	(13)
	Hitchin Town
Teams managed
1930–1937	Hitchin Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

A wing half, Amos began his career as an amateur with Old Kingstonians and joined Southern League Second Division club Brentford in 1913.[2] He remained with Brentford during the First World War and was still a regular in the team when the club was admitted to the new Football League Third Division for the 1920–21 season.[2][3] By the time Amos transferred to Millwall in 1922, he had made 139 appearances and scored five goals for Brentford.[3] He remained with Millwall for seven seasons and was an ever-present in the team which finished the 1927–28 season as Third Division South champions,[2] which secured promotion to the Second Division for the first time in the club's history.[4] Amos' achievements were recognised posthumously with a place in the Millwall Hall of Fame.[5] He finished his career with non-league club Hitchin Town and had a successful spell as the club's manager.[2][6][7][8][9][10]

Personal life

Amos served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War.[11]

Honours

Player

Brentford

• London Combination (1): 1918–19[2]

Millwall

• Football League Third Division South (1): 1927–28[4]

Manager

Hitchin Town

• Spartan League Premier Division (1): 1934–35[6]
• Spartan League First Division second-place promotion (1): 1930–31[7]
• Spartan League Challenge Cup (1): 1935[8]
• AFA Senior Cup (1): 1931–32[9]
• Herts Senior Cup (3): 1930–31, 1931–32, 1933–34[10]

Individual

• Millwall Hall of Fame[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1914–15[3]	Southern League Second Division	23	0	3	0	26	0
	1919–20[3]	Southern League First Division	33	1	1	0	34	1
	1920–21[3]	Third Division	35	2	1	0	36	2
	1921–22[3]	Third Division South	40	2	3	0	43	2
	Total		131	5	8	0	139	5
Millwall	1922–23[12]	Third Division South	40	2	3	0	43	2
	1923–24[13]		39	4	0	0	39	4
	1924–25[14]		25	0	1	0	26	0
	1925–26[15]		24	2	5	2	29	4
	1926–27[16]		37	3	5	0	42	3
	1927–28[4]		42	2	1	0	43	2
	1928–29[17]	Second Division	8	0	0	0	8	0
	Total		217	13	15	2	232	15
Career total			348	18	23	2	371	20

References

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