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Bob
Crompton |
Blackburn Rovers FC
41 caps, 0 goals
P 41 W 27 D 8 L 6 F x:
A x
76% successful
1902-14
disciplined: none
captaincies: 22
minutes played: 3690 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Robert Crompton |
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Born |
26 September 1879
at 1 Harwood Street, Blackburn, Lancashire [registered in
Blackburn, December 1879]. Attended Moss Street Boarding
School and Moss Street Higher School |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1881 census,
Robert is the third child of four sons to Robert and Alice (n�e Utley),
living at 1 Harwood Street. His father is licensed victualler. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Robert is still one of four children, and with their parents living at 148
Harwood Street, which is the Rose & Thistle Inn. Robert is an assistant
farmer. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Robert is now a plumber, still living at the Rose & Throstle Inn, with his
parents and his older brother and his wife and son. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Robert is a publican and is married to Ada with four children, Harry,
Robert, Alice, Wilfred (One child had died). They live at 185 Audley Range
in Blackburn. |
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Married |
to Ada Ingham
[registered in Blackburn, September 1901]. |
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Died |
16 March 1941 at 24
Eldon Road, Blackburn, aged
61 years x days
[registered in Blackburn, March 1941]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10½", 13st.
10lbs [1907]. |
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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) |
x |
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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. |