He was born in Elworth on 22 June 1914.[2] He played for England 11 times and also won 2 wartime caps. With Manchester City he made 125 appearances and scored 5 goals. After his playing career ended he spent over two decades as trainer at Bolton Wanderers. He died on 27 January 2000.
After appearing in the infamous Germany vs England game in Berlin in 1938 he was approached by Rolf Friedland who was a 17-year-old Jew trying to escape Nazi Germany. Upon his return to the UK after the game he worked with Tottenham and the FA to secure an invitation for Rolf to visit the UK for a representative football match from which Friedland managed to turn the visit into a permanent stay. [3]
On an England trip to Berlin in 1938, Sproston told Stanley Matthews "I know nowt 'bout politics and t'like. All I knows is football. But t'way I see it, yon 'Itler fella is an evil little twat".[4]
References
^Glanville, Brian (3 February 2000). "Bert Sproston". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^"Bert Sproston". leeds-fans.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2008.
^"How a Tottenham Hotspur soccer player saved my father-in-law's life | The Times of Israel". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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