Abe Rosenthal
Personal information
Full name Abram Wallace Rosenthal[1]
Date of birth (1921-10-12)12 October 1921
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Date of death February 1986 (aged 64)
Place of death Liverpool, England
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Prescot Cables
1936–1939 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1947 Tranmere Rovers 27 (8)
1947–1949 Bradford City 44 (11)
1949 Oldham Athletic 0 (0)
1949–1952 Tranmere Rovers 69 (24)
1952–1954 Bradford City 63 (32)
1954–1955 Tranmere Rovers 21 (3)
1955–1956 Bradford City 1 (0)
Total 225 (78)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abram Wallace Rosenthal (12 October 1921 – February 1986), also known as Abraham Rosenthal, was an English professional footballer who played as a striker. Rosenthal was Jewish.[2]

Career

Born in Liverpool, Rosenthal was an amateur at Prescot Cables,[3] and hometown club Liverpool,[4] before turning professional in 1939 with Tranmere Rovers. Rosenthal spent three spells with Tranmere, and also spent three spells at Bradford City. Rosenthal made a total of 225 appearances in the Football League, scoring 78 goals.[5] He also played for Oldham Athletic.[1]

He died in February 1986, aged 64, having collapsed at his home in Woolton, Liverpool, after chasing two intruders from his house.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Abe Rosenthal". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Rosenthal, Abraham". Jews In Sports. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Abe Rosenthal at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ↑ . Liverpool Echo. 13 May 1936. p. 6. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "ABE ROSENTHAL". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  6. ↑ News of the World Football Annual 1986-87 (1986)


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