RIP Albert Quixall

[full fathom five]

RIP Albert

[Bob]

RIP  Another of my boyhood heroes passed.

[legendaryswan]

21 minutes ago, Essix Blue said:

Was he the first £100,000 player?

Nope that was Denis Law

[nevthelodgemoorowl]

20 minutes ago, Essix Blue said:

Was he the first £100,000 player?

NO Massive signing at the time though his replacement did well for a couple of years Bobby Craig.

[legendaryswan]

RIP Albert ,a tad before my time,but stories of him still went around the ground in my early days.

Sad news

[marconi]

As a kid I’d sometimes go to the dog racing with my dad (R.I.P)

Remember him talking to Albert who used to wear a flat cap and stand on the 4th bend.

 

R.I.P Albert Wednesday legend.

[joanne]

Such a shame was in the same care home as my partners dad. RIP Albert Quixhall 

[Germanowl]

My dad was a big fan of Albert Quixall. I saw him play in a few charity matches in the early 70s and he could still do it. Ron Springett used to play centre forward in those games.

[markg]

My grandad, despite the fact that he was unfortunately a blade, raved about him 

[Essix Blue]

23 minutes ago, OWLERTON GHOST said:

Hope you are feeling better Essix ?

I am thanks 

[nevthelodgemoorowl]

We tried to land Jimmy Hagan, had he come and we kept the team together we would have had a chance at landing the title. 

[ChapSmurf]

Many many decades before my time as a Wednesday fan, but I've certainly heard people talk of him in high regards.

 

RIP Albert. I think you will be remembered for many years to come.

[Dizzys Dad]

44 minutes ago, Essix Blue said:

Was he the first £100,000 player?

No, but Tommy Craig was the first UK  £100,000 teenager.

[Guest hirstysfags]

I have to be honest, I know the name but the person. Who would he be likened to, on modern player terms?

[Prince]

RIP Legend.

[Guest hirstysfags]

20 minutes ago, markg said:

My grandad, despite the fact that he was unfortunately a blade, raved about him 

I like the sound of your grandad. Knew who he liked but could appreciate quality elsewhere.

 

[Swingin' Sixties]

There is no "h" in Quixall.

Finney and Quixall both came into the first team at 17 years of age and formed the right wing partnership from then on.  Albert certainly did not replace Duncan Edwards (who could??) at Old Trafford.  Duncan was the left half, while Albert was definitely an inside right (no. 8).  I believe he left us in September of 1958 for the then record fee of £45,000 (another of Eric Taylor's skills, see other thread on him).

Can't remember offhand who took his place immediately in our team, Bobby Craig came in  '59, signed from Third Lanark for the princely sum of £6,500 and proved an excellent signing, pocket-sized but difficult to shake off the ball, a play maker and a good shot.  He was in the side that thrashed Man. U. 7-2 at their place in the F.A. Cup replay of Feb. '61.  Of Owls' interest that night, but on the wrong side, were Albert, Nobby Stiles, Maurice Setters (assistant to Big Jack at Hillsborough) and Mark "Pancho" Pearson, later at Hillsborough and partnering David "Bronco" Layne up front.

Albert was nicknamed "the golden boy" of English football, he stood out on the field because of his wavy, fair hair, tightish, shortish shorts and the fact that he could really play football!

Them were the days!!

[Guest hirstysfags]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Quixall

 

For the uneducated (me included).

[M Royds]

Sad to hear. RIP. 
 

The name is synonymous with Wednesday but I know little about as he was from a different generation. 
 

Nice to read some stuff on here but il do more reading on him. 

[eightbelow]

My grandfather always talked about Quixall, he also used to go and watch Man U at the time, mid 50's, and always said he was up there with Duncan Edwards on his day.