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William
Clegg |
Wednesday
FC, Sheffield Albion FC
2 caps, 0 goals
P 2 W 2 D 0 L 0 F 6:
A 3
100% successful
1873-79
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 150
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Profile |
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Full name |
Sir William
Edwin Clegg OBE |
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Born |
21 April 1852
in Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield
[registered in Ecclesall Bierlow, June 1852]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1861 census,
Willm. E., is the second of three children, including older brother John
C., living with their widowed
father (his mother, Mary had died sometime before 1861) at 129 Cemetery Road in Ecclesall Bierlow,
Sheffield, with one servant. His father is a Rate Collector. |
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According to the 1871 census,
William E. is the second eldest of six children, including John C., after
his solicitor father remarried to Asenath. Along with two servants, they live at 138
Victoria Road in Ecclesall Bierlow. |
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According to the 1881 census,
is a married solicitor, to Viola, with three children, Ernest Wm, Maud
Violet and Cecil Edwin. They have two servants an d they live at 34
Crescent Road in Ecclesall Bierlow. |
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According to the 1891 census,
William E. is s till a married solicitor with one more child, Cecil E.,
living at 6 Broomgrove Road in Ecclesall Bierlow with two servants. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Ald[erman] Wm E, is still married to Viola, and together with just two
servants, they live at Loxley House in Ecclesfield, still in Sheffield. |
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According to the 1911 census,
William Edwin is now a widower, and remains a solicitor. He is visiting
his daughter Maud and her family (she is now married to Ernest John
Walthew) at Green Moor on Carlisle Road in Buxton. |
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Married |
firstly to
Viola Carr [registered
in Camberwell, London, September 1873]. Viola died between 1901 and
1911, possibly registered in Worksop, September 1910. Apparently he
married again, if he did, it was not in Sheffield. |
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Died |
22 August 1932
in a nursing home in Sheffield, aged
80 years
123 days [registered
in Ecclesall Bierlow, September 1932]. |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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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) |
Besides
Sheffield Club, Clegg played for other clubs in the area. Wednesday
FC, Perseverance FC, Sheffield Albion FC and Norfolk. He also
assisted Sheffield FA in representative matches. Retired through
injury January 1880. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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 |
One of
nine who became the twelfth players
(17) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Forward |
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First match |
No. 2, 8 March 1873,
England 4 Scotland 2, friendly match at Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval,
Kennington, London, aged 20 years, 321 days. |
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Last match |
No. 8, 18
January 1879,
England 2 Wales 1, friendly match at Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval,
Kennington, London, aged 26 years, 272 days. Match lasted only 60
minutes. |
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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 |
Younger brother
of Charlie Clegg |
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Beyond England |
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A solicitor by
profession (admitted 1874). After retiring from football through
injury he continued within the game as an administrator and would become
president of Sheffield Wednesday and vice president of Sheffield and
Hallamshire Football Association. He also went on to have a successful
political career becoming leader of Sheffield City Council for many years
and Lord Mayor of Sheffield in 1893-99. He became known as 'the uncrowned
king of Sheffield'. William was knighted in 1906, and OBE in
1918. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press,
p.67. |
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William Clegg - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Appearances |
Minutes |
Goals |
Goals
Ave. min. |
Captains |
Discipline |
| 2 |
2 |
150 |
0 min |
0 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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William Clegg
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Home - Friendly |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
| All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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William Clegg
- Match History |
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Club: Wednesday F.C. - 1 full cap |
Coach: F.A. Committee - 2
full capsx
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Age 20 |
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1 |
2 |
8 March 1873
- England 4 Scotland 2, The Oval,
Kennington, London |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
for |
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Club:
Sheffield Albion F.C. - 1 full cap |
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Age 26 |
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2 |
8 |
18 January 1879 - England 2 Wales 1,
Surrey Cricket Ground, The
Oval, Kennington, London |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
for |
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Some tales suggest that William Clegg turned up 20 minutes late for
the game. Clegg was working late on a case (the trial of
Charlie Peace, the Banner Cross murderer) and unable to leave Sheffield for
London on the Friday night. The next morning, the southbound train
with Clegg on it, was delayed by heavy snow. - But there are newspaper
reports to confirm this - and if this was true, why didn't the reserve
player play? |
Notes
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