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Lance Carr

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Lance Carr
Personal information
Full name Lance Lanyon Carr[1]
Date of birth (1910-02-18)18 February 1910
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Date of death 1983
Place of death Greenwich, England
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Johannesburg Calies
Boksburg
1933–1936 Liverpool 31 (8)
1936 Newport County 25 (5)
South Liverpool
1938–1945 Newport County 39 (9)
1946 Bristol Rovers 42 (8)
Merthyr Tydfil
Gloucester City[2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lance Lanyon Carr (18 February 1910 – 1983) was a South African former professional football player. He was born in Johannesburg. He played for Liverpool from September 1933 to October 1936 making a total of 31 appearances scoring eight times.

He also played for Aldershot, Newport County, Swindon Town, Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, Gloucester City and Merthyr Tydfil.

Whilst in Liverpool he played baseball in the summer in the nascent NBA leagues, playing for Avalons (1934) in the Liverpool League and then Hurst Hawks (1935) Blackpool Seagulls (1936) and Liverpool Giants (1937) in the North of England League.

References

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  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. p. 49. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. ^ Clark, Timothy R.D.; Kujawa, Rob (2009). The Complete Record of Gloucester City AFC 1883–2009. Gloucester: Tiger Timbo Publications. ISBN 978-0-9557425-1-4.
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