Des Broomfield
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Desmond Stretton Broomfield[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 October 1921[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Hove, England | ||
| Date of death | 5 June 2007 (aged 85)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Burgess Hill, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1936–1948 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| 1948–195? | Hastings United | 20 | (0) |
| Shoreham | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Desmond Stretton Broomfield (6 October 1921 – 5 June 2007) was an English footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Broomfield was born in 1921 in Hove, Sussex, and attended Shoreham Grammar School. He joined Brighton & Hove Albion as a 16-year-old amateur, but his career was interrupted by the outbreak of war,[2] during which he served in the Royal Air Force.[3] He returned to Albion in time to play in the first post-war league match, still as an amateur, signed on semi-professional terms in 1947, and went on to make 26 first-team appearances. He later played non-league football for Hastings United and Shoreham.[2] Broomfield died in Burgess Hill in 2007 at the age of 85.[1]
