A gold & enamel Staffordshire F.A. Senior Cup winner's medal awarded to West Bromwich Albion's Albert Aldridge in 1887, inscribed STAFFORDSHIRE FOOTBA

A gold & enamel Staffordshire F.A. Senior Cup winner's medal awarded to West Bromwich Albion's Albert Aldridge in 1887, inscribed STAFFORDSHIRE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION 1887, WEST BROMWICH ALBION F.C., A. ALLDRIDGE [SIC] Albert Aldridge was born in Walsall on 13th April, 1864. The right-back joined West Bromwich Albion from Walsall Swifts in 1887. He was a member of West Brom's 1888 F.A. Cup winning team and won two England international caps. Aldridge joined Walsall Town in July 1888, and a season later switched to Aston Villa. Tragically after playing only 14 times for Villa he was forced to retire through poor health and died aged just 27 in May 1891.