| Ernie Curtis | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernest Robert Curtis | |
| Date of birth | 10 June 1907 | |
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Date of death | November 1992 (aged 85) | |
| Place of death | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Playing position | Outside left | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Cardiff Corinthians | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1925–1928 1928–1933 1933–1935 1935–1937 1937–1939 |
Cardiff City Birmingham Cardiff City Coventry City Hartlepools United |
46 (8) 165 (44) 16 (6) 21 (2) 16 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 1927–1933 | Wales | 3 (3) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Ernest Robert "Ernie" Curtis (born 10 June 1907 in Cardiff, died 1992) was a Cardiff City midfielder during their famous 1927 FA Cup victory over Arsenal and became the youngest ever Cup winner to that date. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. The 1927 FA Cup Final was won by Cardiff City, who beat Arsenal 1&ndash0
The Cup win was Curtis' last match for Cardiff (for whom he had scored 8 goals in his only season at Ninian Park), moving to Birmingham for the start of the following season where he scored 44 goals from midfield in a six year career. Ninian Park is a football stadium in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. He returned to Cardiff in 1933 but soon found himself in a dispute with the club over wages and retired from football for a short while before returning in 1944 to play for Coventry City. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip is an association football club based in Coventry, He finished his career at Hartlepools United. Hartlepool United Football Club are an English football team from Hartlepool playing in League One.
At the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the Royal Artillery and was posted to the Far East. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. The Far East is a term often used by people in the Western world to refer to the countries of East Asia. While serving he was captured by Japanese forces in 1941 and spent the duration of the war in a prisoner-of-war camp. A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of enemy combatants captured by the enemy in time of war and is similar to an Internment camp which is used for civilian After returning to Wales after the war ended he again joined Cardiff, this time as a trainer. He continued to work for the club in various positions up until his retirement.
Honours
- FA Cup winner: 1927
- FA Charity Shield winner: 1927
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Curtis, Ernie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Curtis, Ernest Robert |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Professional footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1907-06-10 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cardiff, Wales |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1992 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Cardiff, Wales |
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