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Harry
Martin |
Sunderland AFC
1 caps, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
0 L 1 F 0: A 3
0% successful
1914
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Henry Martin |
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Born |
5 December 1891 in Selston, Nottinghamshire [registered in
Basford, March 1892]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1891
census, Lucy Martin is pregnant with a child that will become Henry. Lucy
and George already have four children. They live in Selston and George is
a coal miner. |
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According to the 1901
census, Harry is now the third child to George and Lucy. They live on the
Inkerman Road in Selston. His father is a hewer in the coal mines. |
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According to the 1911
census, Harry is the younger of two children that live at home with their
parents on Inkerman Road. His young niece also live with them. Harry is a
loader at the coal mines, while his father is a carter. The census reveals
that his parents had had nine children, four had tragically died. |
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Died |
January to
March 1975, aged
83 years x days
[registered in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, March 1975]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10¼", 12st.
0lbs [1913]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancetsry.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Started his career
with Sutton Junction FC, before joining Sunderland AFC in January 1912. At
the outbreak of WW1, Martin guested for Nottingham Forest FC.
After 213 league appearances and 23
goals. He returned to Forest when he signed for them in May 1922
(107 league appearances, thirteen goals), before ending his playing
career with Rochdale AFC in June 1925 until his retirement in 1929 after
93 league appearances and eighteen goals.
He did, however, make a further league
appearance with Rochdale whilst their trainer in the 1930-31 season. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Champions 1912-13; FA Cup
runners-up 1912-13; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(three appearances) |
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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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Management Career |
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Club(s) |
After ending his
playing career with Rochdale AFC in 1929, Martin took up the position of
club trainer. He did, however, make a further
league appearance with Rochdale in the 1930-31 season. He became
manager of Mansfield Town FC in December 1933 until March 1935. But
returned to training with Swindon Town FC in 1936, where he remained on
their staff in some capacity until the 1950's. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
378th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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Only match |
No. 117, 14 February 1914,
England 0 Ireland 3, a British Championship match at Ayresome Park,
Middlesbrough, aged 22 years
71 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1913-14; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England war-time (two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information other
than which is stated above. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.168/9. |
England
Football Online