Albert Milton

Albert Milton MM (1885 – 11 October 1917)[2] was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as a full back.

[7] Though Albert played for The Black Cats from 1908 to 1914, he never won a League Championship, as in the 1912–13 season he was injured and missed the majority of the title claim, as well as the 1913 FA Cup Final defeat to Aston Villa.

[10] Despite the transfer fee paid by Swindon being "a very large one"[11] after just twelve months he left the club to return to the Sunderland area[4] with the onset of war.

[10] Alongside work Milton assisted local football teams, including Sunderland Rovers, as a coach.

[13] On the onset of the First World War, Milton worked in a munitions factory supplying shells to the Western Front.