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Joe
Beresford |
Aston Villa FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 1:
A 2
0% successful
1934
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Joseph Beresford |
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Born |
26 February 1906 in Worcester, Worcestershire [registered in
Worcester, March 1906]. There are no Chesterfield-born Joe
Beresford's. The Joseph that died in 1978 was born in Worcester. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911 census,
Joseph is the only child to Charles Alfred and Beatrice (née Lowe).
They live on the Back Walk in Upper Tything in Worcester. His father is a
fish hawker. |
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Died |
26 February 1978
in Birmingham, aged
72 years 0 days
[registered in Birmingham, March 1978]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
5", 11st.
2lbs [1935]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Bentley Toll Bar School, Bentley New
Village Old Boys, Doncaster Schools, Ashern Road Working Men's Club
(Doncaster), Bartley Colliery, Mexborough Athletic before playing for
Mansfield Town FC before signing for Aston Villa in May 1927 for £750.
224 league appearances and 66 goals later, Beresford signed for Preston
North End FC on 16 September 1935 for £1000. |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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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 |
xth
player to appear for England. |
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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 |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |