Alfie Biggs

Alfred George 'Alfie' Biggs (8 February 1936 – 20 April 2012) was an English professional footballer, who spent the vast majority of his career at Bristol Rovers.

Alfie Biggs
Personal information
Date of birth (1936-02-08)8 February 1936
Place of birth Bristol, England
Date of death 20 April 2012(2012-04-20) (aged 76)
Place of death Poole, Dorset
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1961 Bristol Rovers 214 (77)
1961–1962 Preston North End 49 (22)
1962–1968 Bristol Rovers 210 (101)
1968–1969 Walsall 24 (9)
1969 Swansea Town 16 (4)
Taunton Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biggs grew up as one of 8 children in the Knowle West area of Bristol where he attended Ilminster Avenue and Connaught Road schools.[1]

Nicknamed "The Baron"[2] Biggs played as a forward who scored a total of 211 goals in The Football League. He began his career at Bristol Rovers, starting out as a junior at the club before progressing to the first team in 1953 at the age of seventeen. He played for the club for eight years before heading north to play for Preston North End for a single season. He returned to his home city of Bristol in 1962 for a further six years. His final season as a professional footballer was 1968–69, during which he spent time with Bristol Rovers, Walsall and Swansea Town. After this he dropped out of the league to play for Taunton Town.

Biggs died at the age 76 at his home in Poole, Dorset.[3]

Sources
  • "Alfie Biggs". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  • Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
  • "ALFIE BIGGS". bristolrovers.co.uk. 22 April 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

References
  1. "Mourners say their farewells to Bristol Rovers great Alfie Biggs". This is Bristol. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. Ponting, Ivan (7 May 2012). "Alfie Biggs, Footballer known as 'The Baron'". The Independent; This is Bristol. London. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  3. "Former Bristol Rovers player Alfie Biggs dies after illness". BBC. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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