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Horace
Bailey |
Leicester Fosse FC
5 caps,
3 goals against
P 5 W x D x L x F x:
A 2
x% successful
1908
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: x |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Horace Peter Bailey |
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Born |
3 July 1881
in Derby, Derbyshire [registered in
Derby, September 1881]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1891
census, Horace P. is the second oldest of four children to his parents,
Peter and Sarah. They lived at 36 Dairy House Road in Litchurch, Derby.
His father was a Foreman at the Iron Moulders. |
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According to the 1901
census, Horace was now a Railway Clerk, and now one of five children. No
other changes to the ten years previous. |
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According to the 1911 census,
as with the previous census record, Horace P. is still a Railway Clerk and
still living at 36 Dairy House Road. Although he is just one of the
four children remaining in the family home. |
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Married |
to Minnie
Dorothy Smith
[registered in Belper, September 1913]. |
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Died |
1 August 1960
at 3 Common Road, Langford, Bedfordshire, aged
79 years 28 days
[registered in Biggleswade, September 1960]. Left �1934 to
his wife. |
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Height/Weight |
x'
x½", xst.
xlbs [x]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
x |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
He was a
goalkeeper who began his career in 1899 with Derby County reserves and
subsequently played for
Crich,
Ripley Athletic, Leicester Imperial and Leicester Fosse before rejoining
Derby County in 1909-10 when he played his only 3 League games for them.
He finished his career with spells at Stoke and Birmingham. Although a
good 'keeper', a number of disasters befell him, not least when he was on
the wrong end of a 12-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest when in goal for
Leicester Fosse. |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
Also played
lawn tennis for Derbyshire. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
333rd player to
appear for England. 38th goalkeeper to appear. |
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Position(s) |
x |
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First match |
No. x, aged x years
x days. |
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Last match |
No. x, aged x years x days. |
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Major tournaments |
x |
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Team honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
England amateur
(8 appearances). Great Britain Gold medal 1908 Olympic (Football)
Games. |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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He worked as a rating official with the
Midland Railway. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
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