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Sam
Weaver |
Newcastle United FC
3 appearances, 0 goals
P 3 W 2 D
0 L 1 F 5: A 2
67%
successful
1932-34
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Samuel Weaver |
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Born |
8 February 1909
at 13 Elm Cottages in Pilsley, Derbyshire [registered in
Chesterfield, March 1909]. |
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Baptism |
11 April 1909
at St. Mary's Church in Pilsley |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911
census, Samuel is the youngest of ten children (seven here) to Eli and
Martha. His father is a banksman in Pilsley colliery. They live at 13 Elm
Cottages in Pilsley. |
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According to the 1939 register, Samuel, a professional footballer, is
married to Norah and living at 50 Clauson Avenue in Ealing. He is also a
member of the war reserve. |
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Married |
to Norah Louise
Lyons, at St. Mary's Church in Pilsley
on 11 July 1936
[registered in Chesterfield, September 1936]. (b.1 June
1915).
"The Rev. H. W. Schofield
(Vicar) officiated at the marriage. The bride was attired in a two-piece
blue suit, and carried pink carnations. She was attended by Miss Lydia
Weaver (sister of the bridegroom), and Mr. James Whilde, of Pilsley, was
best man. In accordance with an old custom, the bridegroom had to pay
'toll' at the Church gates before villagers would permit him and his bride
to pass through after the ceremony." - Friday, 17 July 1936,
The Derbyshire Times. |
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Died |
15 April 1985
in Basford, aged
76 years 66 days
[registered in Basford, June 1985].
After his cremation,
his ashes were scattered on the Field Mill Ground in Mansfield. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9½", 11st.
10lbs [1929]. 5'
10", 11st.
5lbs [1932]. |
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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) |
Began his
junior career playing with Pilsley Red Rose FC. He had an unsuccessful
trial with Sutton Junction FC, but did, however, join Sutton Town FC of
the Central Alliance in 1926. Hull City AFC paid £50 for Weaver on 3 April
1928. Following five goals in fifty Second Division appearances,
Newcastle United FC then paid £2500 for Sam on 25 November 1929, a
record for a youngster. He made 204 league appearances, scoring
43 goals, for the Tyneside club. In the early hours of 10 August
1936, Chelsea FC paid a £4166 transfer fee for his signature (transfers
were not allowed on a Sunday). He had made 116 league appearances
and four goals before the outbreak of war. During which he
represented The Police in May 1942, and then guested for Derby County FC
from October 1942 until March 1943, then Leeds United AFC for the 1944-45
season, making 27 league appearances. He turned down
North Shields FC, and then guested for Wrexham AFC in August and September
1945, and Stockport County FC the following month. After County's match
with Chester FC on 8 December 1945, he was immediately signed,
making just two league appearances when the League programme
resumed, before he retired at the end of the 1946-47 season to take up a
position at Leeds United AFC. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners 1931-32; FA Charity Shield
runners-up 1932; Cheshire Senior Cup winners 1946-47; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Famous for his
extraordinary long throw-ins, long before it came to the fashion to do so.
Also played cricket with Pilsley CC, and Leeds Industrial Co-operative
Society CC. He also had trials with Derbyshire CCC, and played twice for
Somerset in 1939. |
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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) |
On
30 October 1945, Weaver broke off negotiations to become the
player-manager at North Shields FC. After being strongly tipped to become
the player-coach at Bangor City FC in July 1947, he instead, was invited
to return to Leeds United AFC as assistant coach to Willis Edwards, taking
up an equivalent position at Millwall FC on 28 June 1949, and remained at
The Den until 6 January 1954. He returned to football on 28 September
1955, Weaver became the coach at Mansfield Town FC, until 19 June 1958,
when he was appointed as Town's manager until his resignation on 20
January 1960, when his team were bottom of Division Three. Raich Carter
was appointed as his successor and Weaver was appointed as his
physiotherapist and the Chief Scout. On 8 November 1971, Weaver was again
appointed the team manager, in a caretaker capacity, following the sacking
of Jock Basford. Again, The Stags were bottom of Division Three. However,
Danny Williams was appointed on 11 November. |
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Club honours |
None |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of five who became the 568th
players (571)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half |
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First match |
No. 181, 9 April 1932, England
3 Scotland 0, a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley,
London, aged 23 years
61 days. |
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Last match |
No. 185, 1 April 1933, Scotland 2 England 1,
a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged
24 years 53 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1931-32, 1932-33; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1931-32; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Died four days
after Jackie Bestall and six days after Ernie Taylor. |
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England Tragedy |
"Returning from a Derbyshire League cricket match
on Saturday, at Clown, where he had been playing for Pilsley, Sam Weaver,
the Hull City half-back, was involved in a motor accident at Glapwell. The
car Weaver was driving came into collision with another, driven by Mr. J.
H. Hickling, the manager of Mansfield Town F.C., but although both cars
were considerably damaged, none of the occupants was injured."
- Monday, 17 June 1929, The Nottingham Evening Post.
"Sam Weaver is in hospital suffering from chest and back burns
received when removing an incendiary bomb from his home." -
Friday, 29 November 1940, Newcastle Journal and North Mail
"Sam Weaver, who was recently injured in trying to extinguish an
incendiary bomb which fell on his house, is fit again. He may play for
Chelsea against Brentford in a London Cup match at Stamford Bridge on
Saturday." - Thursday, 23 January 1941, Birmingham Gazette |
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Beyond England |
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In his time out of football, in
1954-55, Weaver left Millwall FC to be employed by a manufacturing firm in
Bromley, Kent, in charge of athletics and the sports ground. Was a masseur
to Derbyshire CCC for a time from January 1956, following his resignation
from Mansfield Town FC. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.263. |
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Sam Weaver - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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4 |
3 |
3 |
270 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
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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Sam Weaver
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
+4 |
0 |
2 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All
-
British Championship |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
2 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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Sam Weaver
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1931-32 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| BC 1932-33 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
2 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
2 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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All |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
2 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
Sam Weaver
- Match History
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Club:
Newcastle United F.C.
- three full appearances (270 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - three full appearances
(270 min)x |
Notes
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