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Sam Austin |
Manchester City FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 1 L 0 F 0:
A
0
50% successful
1925
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Sam William Austin |
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Birth |
29
April 1900 in Arnold,
Nottinghamshire [registered as Sam William, in Basford, June 1900]. |
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His
census returns confirm the birthplace. Known as Sam in his early life,
Billy in his latter life. |
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According to the 1901 census, William S. is a nine-month old baby. On the
census, he is the youngest of six children, to his father George, who is a
furnace stoker, and his mother (?), Sarah Ann Brown, who is the
housekeeper. They live at Bond Street in Arnold. |
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According to the 1911
census, Willie Austin is the youngest of four children to
George and Sarah Ann (the housekeeper from the previous return). His
father is a gasworker for the Nottingham City Council. They live at
Redhill Lane, still in Arnold. |
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None of the Austin's can be found on the 1921 census. |
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Marriage |
to Harriet J. Payne on 23 September 1924, St. Matthew's
Church, Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich [registered as Samuel W., in
Norwich, December 1924]. They had two children, Renee J.
(b.28 November 1925), Derek W. (b.1928). |
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According to the 1939 register, Samuel W., a corporation refuge carrier,
is married to Harriet, living at 57 Hoo Road in Kidderminster. |
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Death |
2
April 1979 in Kidderminster, aged 78 years 339 days [registered in Kidderminster,
Worcestershire, June 1979]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] James Woodrow,
Norwich City FC historian &. |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Had
a trial with Sheffield United FC while he played with his local side,
Arnold United FC, of the Nottingham District League. Also played with another local side Arnold St
Mary's FC. Trials with Notts County FC and Nottingham Forest FC proved
fruitless, before joining Norwich City FC in October 1920. He made 152
league games, and he scored 34 goals, before he joined
Manchester City FC on 16 May 1924 for £1750. Signed for Chesterfield FC
on 9 December 1931 and then Kidderminster Harriers in 1933. He appeared to
have ended his
career with 358 league appearances and 83 goals. But on 8
November 1947, it was reported in the Norwich Press, that, as a 47 year-old,
Austin was re-instated as an amateur and was playing for Brinton FC, in
the Kidderminister League. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup runners-up 1925-26; Football League Division Two winners
1927-28; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Austin took over in goal for Manchester City FC in their FA Cup tie
against Leeds United FC, and kept a clean sheet, on 14 January 1928. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 10st.
10lbs. [1925], 11st. 2lbs. [1929], 5' 9", 10st. 12lbs. [1931] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], The Mighty
Leeds website & James Woodrow, Norwich City FC historian. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of five who became the 495th
players (497) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right |
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Only match |
No. 147, 25 October 1925, Ireland 0 England
0, a
British Championship match at
Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast,
aged 25 years 179 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1925-26; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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no additional information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.16. |
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Sam Austin - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
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 Austin
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away -
British Championship |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Sam Austin
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship 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 1925-26 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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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 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Sam Austin
- Match History
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Club:
Manchester City F.C.
- one full appearance (90 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - one full appearance
(90 min)x
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Notes
Sam Austin has long been an enigma.
That was until, on a 1911 census, a
certain Willie Astin was found. He was nine years old, born in
Arnold and was closest to fitting the bill. His 51 year-old father,
George, a gasworker, had been married to Southwell-born Sarah Ann, also
51, for ten years. They had four children, none had died, and Willie was
the youngest. The other three were, eighteen year-old Edwin,
twenty-year old Bella and twenty-four year old George, whose name was
scrawled out, because 'he was not living at home' at Redhill Lane, Arnold.
There is enough information to take us
back to the 1901 census, and the headache begins... there, living on the
corner of Bond Street and Paradise Row, is George Austin, a furnace
stoker. With him is Southwell-born Sarah A., except she is the
housekeeper, and is a Brown. Below her is the names of the children,
eighteen year-old Robert, sixteen year-old Albert, George A., who is
twelve. Feeble-mind Isabella A., eight years old. Six year-old Edwin and
our very own William S. A., eleventh months old. And as the census was
written in March 1901, that gives us the correct Sam Austin, except he's a
Brown. So knowing that, I can correctly confirm his birth as that
being a Sam William Brown, registered in Basford (under which Arnold's
jurisdiction falls) in the second quarter of 1900.
So we can now identify who Austin
was and where he came from.... but why? oh why?, when I go back to 1891
census, are they all called Austin's again? No Sarah Ann Brown's
married a Brown in 1900/01, in fact, ever! This isn't a brick wall....it's
a labyrinth.
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