Background
Pumfrey was born in the Stirchley district of Birmingham to Alfred, a carpenter and joiner, and his wife Sarah.
Pumfrey was born in the Stirchley district of Birmingham to Alfred, a carpenter and joiner, and his wife Sarah.
He played as a full back. He worked in the family business, playing recreational football for Birmingham Street Mark"s, before joining Small Heath prior to their first season in the Football League. Pumfrey contributed to Gainsborough"s runners-up spot in the Midland League in the 1895-1896 season which led to their election to the Football League.
In five seasons in the Football League, he played 121 games and captained the team
While a Gainsborough player Pumfrey started a joinery business in the town. He developed this into a large building contractors which was still in existence a hundred years later.