Albert Quixall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetAlbert Quixall
English footballer
Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1933
Place of Birth: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Albert Quixall
- Albert Quixall (born 9 August 1933) is an English former professional footballer who played as an inside-forward. Born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, Quixall started his career with Sheffield Wednesday, signing as an amateur in 1948 and turning professional in 1950.
- He made his debut in February 1951 as a 17-year-old centre forward and went on to play almost 250 League games, scoring 66 League and Cup goals with the Owls.
- He was in his prime with Sheffield Wednesday, and gained much media attention, becoming the Golden Boy of British football.Quixall joined Manchester United in September 1958 for a then British record fee of £45,000, one of Matt Busby's key recruits in building a new team in the aftermath of the Munich air disaster, which had killed eight players and ended the careers of two others on 6 February that year.
- After seven games without a win for United, Quixall eventually helped the team go on a run of only two losses in 23 matches to end the season as runners-up in the First Division.
- Quixall's only medal with the club was the 1963 FA Cup.
- Altogether, he scored 56 goals in 184 games for the Red Devils.Along with Johnny Giles and David Herd, he was dropped after Everton thrashed United 4–0 in the 1963 FA Charity Shield.
- He rarely featured in the 1963–64 season, last appearing for United on Boxing Day 1963.He left the club at the end of the season, moving to Oldham Athletic for £7,000, spending two years at Boundary Park before finishing his professional career at Stockport County in 1967. Quixall was capped five times for England in 1954 and 1955.
- He also made schoolboy, Under-23 and 'B' appearances for his country, and played for a Football League representative side on four occasions.
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