Howard Gallier

Howard Gallier (11 June 1872[1]–1955) was an association football forward, who was a key figure in the early history of Eastville Rovers Football Club (later renamed Bristol Rovers).

Howard Gallier
Personal information
Date of birth (1872-06-11)11 June 1872
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Date of death 1955 (aged 82)
Place of death Bristol, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1895–1898 Eastville Rovers
1898 Singers 1
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gallier was born in the Aston area of Birmingham in 1872,[2] and moved to Bristol in the mid-1890s.[3] He began playing for Eastville Rovers in 1895, and was the club's top scorer for his first two seasons playing for them, netting 15 times in the 1895–96 season and a further eight times in 1896–97.[4] He played a single game for Singers F.C. (later Coventry City) in the Birmingham & District League in 1898.

References
  1. "1939 Register". Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via Findmypast.
  2. "England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription". Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via Findmypast.
  3. "Unearned commission". Western Daily Press. 13 September 1923. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club: The Definitive History 1883–2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.


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