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Edgar
Bluff |
Southampton
FC
uncapped
1905 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Edgar Underwood Bluff |
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Born |
19 March 1882 in Attercliffe, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire [registered
in Sheffield, April 1882] |
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Married |
to Annie Marie Radford [registered in Aston, March
1908] |
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Died |
2 July 1952 in Nottingham [registered in Nottingham,
September 1952] |
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Height/Weight |
5' 7", 11st 12lbs [1905] |
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Source |
Ancestry.com & Roger Baker |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Joined the
Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1900, and it was in 1904, whilst playing for
the Army Corp, Southampton FC paid for his discharge, and sent him on a
successful tour of South America. He returned
to score ten goals in 27 league appearances in the 1904-05 season.
He returned to Sheffield in the summer of 1905 for a £300 transfer
fee, after the Southern League
had introduced a wage limit. He joined Sheffield United FC
on 7 September and made 65 league appearances, scoring eighteen goals. Birmingham
FC followed on 11 December 1907, seven league appearances. But
on 8 September 1908, he had joined St Helens Town FC. |
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Club honours |
not known |
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Individual honours |
not known |
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Distinctions |
not known |
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England Career |
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Player number |
Did not appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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He was arrested in hospital in Berlin on 19
November 1914, and sent to Ruhleben, where he was interned alongside
Steve Bloomer. |
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Edgar Bluff - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 min |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Edgar Bluff
- Match History |
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Clubs: Southampton F.C. - 0 full appearances |
F.A. International
Select Committee - 0
full capsx
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Age
24 |
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83 |
25 February 1905 - England 1 Ireland 1,
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough |
BC |
HD |
reserve |
Notes
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CG
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