Des Broomfield

Des Broomfield
Personal information
Full name	Desmond Stretton Broomfield
Date of birth	6 October 1921
Place of birth	Hove, England
Date of death	5 June 2007 (aged 85)
Place of death	Burgess Hill, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team
1936–1948	Brighton & Hove Albion
1948–195?	Hastings United
	Shoreham
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Desmond Stretton Broomfield (6 October 1921 – 5 June 2007) was an English footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Broomfield was born in 1921 in Hove, Sussex, and attended Shoreham Grammar School. He joined Brighton & Hove Albion as a 16-year-old amateur, but his career was interrupted by the outbreak of war,^[2] during which he served in the Royal Air Force.^[3] He returned to Albion in time to play in the first post-war league match, still as an amateur, signed on semi-professional terms in 1947, and went on to make 26 first-team appearances. He later played non-league football for Hastings United and Shoreham.^[2] Broomfield died in Burgess Hill in 2007 at the age of 85.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Des Broomfield". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
^ Vinicombe, John (24 November 2001). "Vintage Vinners". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

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[Hugman-1] "Des Broomfield". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

[CarderHarris-2] Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.

[3] Vinicombe, John (24 November 2001). "Vintage Vinners". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

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