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Hubert
Heron |
Wanderers FC
& Swifts FC
one
captaincy, no goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F
0:
A 3
0% successful
1876
full appearances: five
minutes
as captain: 90 |
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George
Hubert Hugh Heron |
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Birth |
Friday, 30 January 1852 in Hillingdon, Uxbridge,
Middlesex |
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registered in Uxbridge January-March 1852 Uxbridge was in the
Middlesex County Registration up until 1889 |
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Death |
Friday, 5 June 1914 at The Crossways, Waldegrave Road,
Twickenham, Middlesex |
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aged
62 years 126 days |
registered in Brentford
April-June 1914 |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Playing
Career |
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Club(s) |
Heron attended
Mill Hill School. On leaving school he played as an amateur for Uxbridge
before playing with the Wanderers on 4 March 1874. Also appeared for
Swifts. As well as representing Middlesex and London. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners 1875-76, 1876-77, 1877-78; |
| Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Rob Cavallini's The Wanderers
FC [2005]. |
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Captain
Career |
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Captain number |
Fourth player to captain England. |
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Player number |
One of
nine who became the 12th players
(19) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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Only captaincy |
No. 5, 4 March
1876,
Scotland 3 England 0, a friendly match at The West of Scotland Cricket
Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, aged 24 years 34 days. |
| Individual honours |
The Probables (one captaincy, 1ᵍ
February 1878) |
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Distinctions |
Brother of
Francis Heron. |
England
Football Online
vs. The Improbables, February 1878