fullname years death_date death_place youthyears birth_place clubs caps goals position birth_date article_title name
herbert crossthwaite -- 1910 1910 -- 1914 1914 -- 1915 1906 -- 1907 1907 -- 1909 1909 -- 20 may 1944 birmingham , england -- preston , england blackpool fulham exeter city birmingham stoke 0 1 2 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 goalkeeper 4 april 1887 bert crossthwaite
 bert crossthwaite
bert crossthwaite

herbert crossthwaite -lrb- 4 april 1887 -- 20 may 1944 -rrb- was an english footballer who played as a goalkeeper .
born in preston , lancashire , he began his football career as a youth with home-town club preston north end .
he went on to play one game in the football league for preston 's arch-rivals blackpool -lrb- at gainsborough trinity on 29 september 1906 -rrb- and two for fulham , and spent one-and-a-half seasons with southern league club exeter city , before joining birmingham , for whom he played 49 league games .
he later signed for stoke , before retiring from the game in around 1915 .
crossthwaite remained an amateur throughout his football career .
he joined the birmingham city police in 1910 , rising to the rank of inspector .
he died in birmingham in 1944 .
crossthwaite 's cousin , harry crossthwaite , played league football for stockport county and stoke .
