| Intro | English footballer |
| Was |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1892, Sunderland |
| Death |
1962, Sunderland (aged 70 years) |
Ernest Albert “Ernie” Young (q3 1892 – q4 1962) was an English footballer who played at inside left or centre forward in the Football League for South Shields and Durham City.
Life and career
Young was born and raised in Sunderland, one of eleven children of Robert Young, a blacksmith, and his wife Elizabeth. The 1911 Census records the 18-year-old Young working as a clerk.
Young was top scorer for South Shields’ reserve team in the North-Eastern League in the 1919–20 season, and scored four goals from ten appearances for the first team, newly elected to the Second Division for the first post-war Football League season. Despite reported attention from clubs including First Division Derby County, he dropped down a level to sign for North-Eastern League Durham City. An injury near the start of the season “seriously handicapped” his club, but he soon returned to goalscoring form once restored to fitness. Durham City were elected to the newly formed Third Division North in 1921. Young scored 18 goals from 47 matches over their first two Football League seasons, during the second of which he captained the team.
He died in Sunderland in 1962 at the age of 70.