Joe Tate (footballer)

English footballer

Joe Thomas Tate (4 August 1904 in Old Hill, Cradley Heath, England – 18 May 1973 in Cradley Heath)^[1] was an English footballer.

Career

Club

Tate played for Stourbridge Council School, Birch Coppice Primitives, Grainger's Lane Primitives, Round Oak Steel Works FC (Brierley Hill) and Cradley Heath before joining Aston Villa in April 1925. After making a total of 193 appearances, and scoring four goals for the club, he joined Brierley Hill Alliance as player-manager. His wife, Nellie Tate was a teacher at Reddall Hill Primary School, Cradley Heath.^[2]

International

He gained a total of three caps for the England national team.^[3]

References

1. "England players: Joe Tate". englandfootballonline. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
2. "Tate, Joseph Thomas (Joe)". Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
3. "Joe Tate". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 7 October 2007.