fullname years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals height position manageryears birth_date managerclubs article_title name
alan frederick fletcher 1937 1939 1947 1947 -- 1949 1949 -- 1950 1950 -- -- 1951 1938 1937 -- 1938 1938 -- 1939 1984 -lrb- aged 66 -rrb- harefield , middlesex blackpool sligo rovers mossley port vale bournemouth bristol rovers crewe alexandra mossley pendleton , clitheroe , england 0 0 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5ft 10 inches striker 1949 -- 1950 1950 -- 1951 28 october 1917 sligo rovers mossley alan fletcher -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 alan fletcher
alan fletcher -lrb- footballer -rrb-

alan frederick fletcher -lrb- 28 october 1917 -- 1984 -rrb- was an english professional footballer .
he played in the football league for bournemouth and crewe alexandra .
fletcher joined blackpool in january 1937 , later joining port vale without appearing for either side .
he moved to bournemouth , playing twelve times during the 1938 -- 39 season .
he joined bristol rovers in 1939 , playing all three games before world war ii stopped league football in england .
he joined crewe alexandra in september 1947 , but made just one appearance before joining mossley as player-coach .
he left mossley to become player-coach with irish side sligo rovers at the start of the 1949 -- 50 season .
he returned to mossley as player-manager in august 1950 .
mossley struggled in the cheshire league under fletcher and he was sacked in may 1951 .
