England's Players - Chronological List of Deaths 1874-1919

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This is a comprehensive list of players who have died since the time of the first until 1919.
Plyr No.	Player Club	Birthdate	Deathdate Place of death	Playing Career	Age
14	Alfred George Goodwyn Royal Engineers	13 March 1850	14 March 1874 Roorkee, Bengal	1873	24 years 1 day
9	Cuthbert Ottaway Oxford University & Old Etonians	19 July 1850	2 April 1878 Pimlico	1872-74	28 years 257 days
58	Claud Wilson Oxford University & Old Brightonians	12 May 1858	29 June 1881 Betchworth	1879-81	23 years 42 day
86	George Tait Birmingham Excelsior	13 November 1859	20 November 1882 Aston	1881	23 years 7 days
42	Arthur Cursham Notts County	14 March 1853	24 December 1884 Peru, Florida	1876-83	31 years 285 days
50	Conrad Warner Upton Park	14 April 1850	10 April 1890 New York City	1878	39 years 360 days
147	Albert Aldridge West Bromwich Albion, Walsall Town Swifts	4 August 1863	22 June 1891 Walsall	1888-89	27 years 322 days
84	Tot Rostron Darwen	21 April 1863	4 July 1891 Chorley	1881	28 years 74 days
26	Hawley Edwards Shropshire Wand. & Wanderers	21 March 1850	13 January 1893 Old Colwyn, Conway	1874	42 years 298 days
141	Harry Allen Wolverhampton Wanderers	19 January 1866	23 February 1895 Walsall	1888-90	29 years 36 days
102	Harry Goodhart Old Etonians & Corinthians	17 July 1858	21 April 1895 Edinburgh	1883	36 years 278 days
130	Fred Dewhurst Preston North End & Corinthians	16 December 1863	22 April 1895 Preston	1886-89	31 years 128 days
13	Leonard Howell Wanderers & Old Wykehamists	6 August 1848	7 September 1895 Lausanne, Switzerland	1873	47 years 91 days
27	Robert Kingsford Wanderers & Old Marlburians & Crystal Palace (amateur)	23 December 1849	14 October 1895 St Peters Port, Guernsey	1874	45 years 295 days
65	James Prinsep Clapham Rovers	27 July 1861	22 November 1895 Nairn	1879	34 years 118 days
6	John Brockbank Cambridge University	22 August 1848	4 February 1896 Fulham	1872	47 years 166 days
174	Joe Marsden Darwen	11 October 1868	17 January 1897 Darwen	1891	28 years 98 days
76	Fred Hargreaves Blackburn Rovers	16 August 1858	5 April 1897 Wilpshire	1880-82	38 years 232 days
110	Joe Beverley Blackburn Rovers	12 November 1856	21 May 1897 Blackburn	1884	40 years 190 days
62	Reginald Birkett Clapham Rovers	28 March 1849	30 June 1898 Wimbledon	1879	49 years 94 days
151	Albert Allen Aston Villa	7 April 1867	13 October 1899 Birmingham	1888	32 years 190 days
233	Harry Bradshaw Liverpool	24 August 1873	25 December 1899 Tottenham	1897	26 years 123 days

Plyr No.	Player Club	Birthdate	Deathdate	Playing Career	Age
12	Alec Morten Crystal Palace (amateur)	1831/32	24 April 1900 Earl's Court, London	1873	68 years nk days
191	Harry Lilley Sheffield United	12 July 1868	30 August 1900 Worksop	1892	32 years 49 days
72	William Brindle Darwen	24 May 1853	16 September 1900 Manchester, Connecticut	1880	47 years 116 days
80	Edward Johnson Saltley College, Stoke	28 November 1859	30 June 1901 Stoke-upon-Trent	1880-84	41 years 214 days
107	Arthur Dunn Cambridge University, Old Etonians & Corinthians	12 August 1860	20 February 1902 Barnet	1883-92	41 years 192 days
87	Jack Hargreaves Blackburn Rovers	13 December 1860	13 January 1903 Wilpshire	1881	42 years 31 days
51	Jack Hunter Heeley & Providence, Wednesday, Sheffield Albion	13 August 1851	9 April 1903 Blackburn	1878-82	51 years 239 days
207	Jim Turner Bolton Wanderers, Stoke, Derby County	6 October 1866	25 November 1903 Fenton	1893-98	37 years 50 days
226	Hugh Stanbrough Old Carthusians & Corinthians & Casuals	2 September 1870	15 December 1904 Broadstairs	1895	34 years 104 days
38	Beaumont Jarrett Cambridge University & Old Harrovians & Grantham	18 July 1855	11 April 1905 Louth	1876-78	49 years 267 days
142	Frank Saunders Swifts & Corinthians	26 August 1864	14 May 1905 Ficksburg, South Africa	1888	40 years 261 days
34	Arthur Savage Crystal Palace (amateur)	18 October 1850	15 August 1905 Bayswater	1876	54 years 301 days
31	Charlie Alcock Wanderers	2 December 1842	26 February 1907 Kemp Town, Brighton	1875	64 years 86 days
70	Albemarle Swepstone Pilgrims & Corinthians	14 January 1859	7 May 1907 Holborn	1880-83	48 years 113 days
16	Alexander Bonsor Wanderers & Old Etonians	7 October 1851	17 August 1907 Locquemhein, Brussels	1873-75	55 years 314 days
4	Frederick Chappell Oxford University	22 July 1849	25 September 1907 Berlin, Germany	1872	58 years 65 days
265	Walter Bennett Sheffield United	29 April 1874	6 April 1908 Denaby Colliery	1901	33 years 346 days
20	William Kenyon-Slaney Wanderers & Old Etonians	24 August 1847	24 April 1908 Shifnal	1873	60 years 244 days
124	Tom Danks Nottingham Forest	30 May 1863	27 April 1908 Nottingham	1885	44 years 33 days
212	Jimmy Crabtree Burnley, Aston Villa	23 December 1871	18 June 1908 Aston	1894-1902	36 years 173 days
121	Kenny Davenport Bolton Wanderers	23 March 1862	27 September 1908 Bolton	1885-90	46 years 188 days
137	Teddy Brayshaw Wednesday	6 October 1863	20 November 1908 Wadsley	1887	45 years 45 days
61	Herbert Whitfeld Old Etonians	25 November 1858	6 May 1909 Lewes	1879	50 years 162 days
95	Arthur Brown Aston Villa	3 December 1858	1 July 1909 Aston	1882	50 years 210 days
221	Frank Becton Preston North End, Liverpool	28 October 1873	6 November 1909 Preston	1895-97	36 years 9 days
292	Herod Ruddlesdin The Wednesday	9 June 1876	26 March 1910 Birdwell	1904-05	33 years 290 days
167	Jack Barton Blackburn Rovers	5 October 1866	22 April 1910 Blackburn	1890	43 years 199 days
245	Fred Forman Nottingham Forest	8 November 1873	14 June 1910 Skegness	1899	36 years 218 days
166	Henry Hammond Oxford University & Lancing Old Boys & Corinthians	26 November 1866	16 June 1910 Haddington	1889	43 years 202 days
23	Francis Birley Oxford University, Wanderers	14 March 1850	1 August 1910 Dorman's Land	1874-75	60 years 132 days
187	Charlie Athersmith Aston Villa	10 May 1872	18 September 1910 Oakengates	1892-1900	38 years 131 days
75	John Sands Nottingham Forest	20 July 1854	21 April 1911 Sherwood	1880	56 years 275 days
238	Charlie Richards Nottingham Forest	9 August 1875	27 April 1911 Radford	1898	35 years 230 days
98	Percivall Parr Oxford University	2 December 1859	3 September 1912 Widmore	1883	52 years 276 days
179	Leonard Wilkinson Oxford University & Corinthians	15 October 1868	9 February 1913 Lyndhurst	1891	44 years 117 days
46	Alf Lyttelton Cambridge University	7 February 1857	5 July 1913 Marylebone	1877	56 years 148 days
43	Monty Betts Old Harrovians & Wanderers	30 August 1847	19 April 1914 Alpes Maritimes, France	1877	66 years 232 days
22	Alfred Stratford Malvern College & Wanderers	5 September 1853	2 May 1914 Newark, NJ, United States	1874	60 years 239 days
253	Reginald Foster Oxford University, Old Malvernians & Corinthians	16 April 1878	13 May 1914 Kensington	1900-02	36 years 27 days
19	Hubert Heron Uxbridge, Wanderers & Swifts	30 January 1852	5 June 1914 Twickenham	1873-78	62 years 126 days
216	John Veitch Old Westminsters & Corinthians	19 July 1869	3 October 1914 Wimbledon	1894	45 years 76 days
41	Frank Heron Wanderers	10 September 1853	23 October 1914 Southall	1876	61 years 43 days
18	Walpole Vidal Oxford University	3 September 1853	5 November 1914 Bideford	1873	61 years 63 days
29	Edward Haygarth Swifts & Reading, Lancing Old Boys, Wanderers	26 April 1854	14 April 1915 Siddington Manor	1875	60 years 353 days
357	George Webb West Ham United	18 July 1888	28 March 1915 Stratford	1911	26 years 253 days
1	Robert Barker Herts Rangers & Wanderers	19 June 1847	11 November 1915 Rickmansworth	1872	68 years 149 days
361	Bob Benson Sheffield United	9 February 1883	19 February 1916 Arsenal Stadium, Highbury	1913	33 years 10 days
234	Willie Foulke Sheffield United	12 April 1874	1 May 1916 Sheffield	1897	42 years 21 days
331	Evelyn Lintott Queen's Park Rangers, Bradford City	2 November 1883	1 July 1916 Somme, France	1908-09	32 years 242 days
214	Vaughan Lodge Cambridge University, Corinthians	21 December 1872	21 October 1916 Buxton	1894	43 years 305 days
40	Charles Smith Crystal Palace (amateur) & Wanderers	4 October 1850	10 January 1917 Sydenham	1876	66 years 98 days
313	Ben Warren Derby County, Chelsea	7 May 1879	15 January 1917 Newhall	1906-11	37 years 253 days
198	Jack Reynolds West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa	21 February 1869	12 March 1917 Sheffield	1892-97	48 years 20 days
77	Tom Marshall Darwen	12 September 1858	29 April 1917 Darwen	1880-81	58 years 229 days
165	Jack Yates Burnley	3 January 1861	1 June 1917 Burnley	1889	56 years 149 days
320	Jimmy Conlin Bradford City	6 July 1881	23 June 1917 Nieuport, Belgium	1906	35 years 252 days
373	Eddie Latheron Blackburn Rovers	spring 1887	14 October 1917 Passchendaele, Flanders	1913-14	30 years nk days
37	Ernest Bambridge Swifts	16 May 1848	16 October 1917 Southend-on-Sea	1876	69 years 153 days
180	Tom Porteous Sunderland	21 September 1865	23 February 1919 Blackpool	1891	53 years 155 days
118	Joe Lofthouse Blackburn Rovers, Accrington	14 April 1865	10 June 1919 Blackburn	1885-96	54 years 57 days
307	Frank Booth Manchester City	summer 1882	22 June 1919 Chorlton-upon-Medlock	1905	37 years nk days
250	Charlie Sagar Bury	28 March 1878	4 December 1919 Turton	1900-02	41 years 251 days