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Bert Lee |
Southampton FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
1 L 0 F 2: A 2
50% successful
1904
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Ernest Albert Lee |
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Born |
summer 1879 in Bridport,
Dorset [registered in
Bridport, September 1879] |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1881
census, Ernest Albert is the youngest of five children to Thomas Eveleigh and Sarah
Ann (née Warren). His father is a general labourer, and they all live at 35 St
Michael's Lane in Bridport. |
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According to the 1891
census, Ernest A. remains the youngest, but only four remain with their
parents at St Michael's Lane. His father is still a general labourer. |
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According to the 1901
census, Albert is a Professional Footballer boarding with the Butt family,
living at 35 York Street in Southampton. |
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Not on the 1911
census return for England and Wales, he was in Dundee in Angus at the time. |
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Married |
to Lily Agnes Trapp
[registered in Southampton, June 1905]. |
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Died |
14 January 1958
at the General Hospital, Shirley, Southampton, aged
78 years x days
[registered in Southampton, March 1958].
Living at 34 Newlands Avenue, Southampton. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 12st.
8lbs [1903]. |
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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) |
After
beginning his career with Poole FC, Lee joined Southampton FC in the 1900
close season. After six years and 174 league appearances, in
which scored eight times, he went north of the border and joined
Dundee FC in the Scottish League. He remained until his return to
Southampton FC on 4 May 1911, becoming their trainer in 1913, he played
another 77 league matches, scoring another five goals. Retired
during WW1. |
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Club honours |
Southern
League Champions 1900-01, 1902-03, 1903-04, FA Cup
runners-up 1900-01; Scottish Cup winners 1909-10; |
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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 |
291st
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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Only match |
No. 80, 29 February 1904,
Wales 2 England 2, a British Championship match at The Racecourse,
Wrexham, aged 24/25 years
x days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1903-04; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1903-04; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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After retiring from playing during
World War One, Lee remained with the Southampton club as trainer until
1935. After he left football, he worked as a salesman with his son's radio
firm - An
English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990).
Hatton Press, p.155. |