fullname years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals position birth_date article_title name
albert edward gardner ???? -- 1908 1908 -- 1920 1914 -- ???? april 1923 -lrb- aged about 36 -rrb- birmingham , england bsa -rrb- sports birmingham → king 's heath -lrb- loan kings heath , birmingham , england 113 4 wing half april 1887 albert gardner
 albert gardner
albert gardner

albert edward gardner -lrb- april 1887 -- april 1923 -rrb- was an english professional footballer who played as a wing half .
gardner was profoundly deaf .
he was spotted by birmingham playing for bsa sports in the birmingham works league .
he went on to make 120 appearances in all competitions for birmingham in eleven years .
