Louis Bookman
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Louis "Abraham" Bookman (6 November 1890 – 10 June 1943) was an Irish sportsman of Lithuanian Jewish origin who represented Ireland in both football and cricket. Born the son of a rabbi in Lithuania, he arrived in Ireland in 1895 when his family emigrated to escape antisemitism; his family subsequently adopted the name Bookman.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Louis James Arthur Oscar Buckhalter[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1890-11-06)6 November 1890[2] | ||
Place of birth | Žagarė, Russian Empire[2] | ||
Date of death | 10 June 1943(1943-06-10) (aged 52)[2] | ||
Place of death | Dublin, Ireland[2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside-left | ||
Youth career | |||
Dublin Adelaide | |||
Frankfurt | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1910–1911 | Belfast Celtic | ||
1911–1914 | Bradford City | 32 | (2) |
1914–1915 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | (1) |
1915–1916 | Glentoran | 23 | (1) |
1916–1919 | Shelbourne | 6 | (1) |
1919–1922 | Luton Town | 72 | (4) |
1923–1924 | Port Vale | 10 | (0) |
1924–1925 | Shelbourne | 8 | (2) |
Total | 167 | (11) | |
International career | |||
1911 | Ireland amateur | 1 | (0) |
1914–1921 | Ireland | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A speedy outside-left,[3] Bookman represented numerous football clubs, moving from Belfast Celtic to English club Bradford City in 1911, where he became the first Jewish player to play in the English top division.[3] Three years later he switched to West Bromwich Albion, before World War I led him to return to Ireland to play for Glentoran and then Shelbourne. He won the County Antrim Shield with Glentoran and helped Shelbourne to a Leinster Cup and league win in 1918–19. He returned to the Football League of England to sign for Luton Town in 1919, and played over 100 games for the club before joining Port Vale in September 1923. He returned to Shelbourne the following year. He also won four caps for Ireland, and helped the Irish to claim victory in the 1914 edition of the British Home Championship. During his playing career he experienced antisemitic abuse, and occasionally anti-Italian abuse as he was regularly mistaken for someone of Italian origin.[3]
In his cricket career, he represented the Railway Union Cricket Club, the Leinster Cricket Club, Bedfordshire, and Ireland. A left-handed batsman and left-arm spin bowler, he played in nine first-class international matches. After his career in sports was over, he worked in Ireland on the railways, and also entered the jewellery business.[2]