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Apr 04, 1887 Preston, England, United Kingdom Died on 20 May 1944 (aged 57)
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About Bert Crossthwaite
- Herbert Crossthwaite (4 April 1887 – 20 May 1944) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Preston, Lancashire, he began his football career as a youth with home-town club Preston North End.
- He went on to play one game in the Football League for Preston's arch-rivals Blackpool (at Gainsborough Trinity on 29 September 1906) and two for Fulham, and spent one-and-a-half seasons with Southern League club Exeter City, before joining Birmingham, for whom he played 49 league games.
- He later signed for Stoke, before retiring from the game in around 1915. Crossthwaite remained an amateur throughout his football career.
- He joined the Birmingham City Police in 1910, rising to the rank of inspector.
- He died in Birmingham in 1944.Crossthwaite's cousin, Harry Crossthwaite, played League football for Stockport County and Stoke.
