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Jack
Bamber |
Liverpool FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
1 L 0 F 0: A 0
50% successful
1921
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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John Bamber |
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Birth |
Thursday, 11 April 1895 in Peasley Cross, St. Helens, Lancashire [registered in
Prescot, June 1895].
notes: His death registration
states he was born on 10 April 1895 |
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According to the 1901 census,
John is the second youngest of five children to Robert and Mary (née
Smith).
They live at 97 Napier Street in St. Helens. His father is a
grinder at the glassworks. |
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According to the
1911 census, The Bamber family remain in St Helens, living at 42 Eldon Street. Their
mother
has died, and John is one of the five children at home, and is a
labourer at the glassworks. The census return reveals that there were nine
children in total, three of them had died. |
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Marriage |
to Emma Francis Whittle
[registered in Prescot, December 1920]. |
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According to the
1921 census, john, an out-of-work furnaceman (for Nuttall's), is now
married to Emma Francis and they live at 48 Eldon Street in St. Helens.. |
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According to the 1939 register, John, a furnace man at the glass works,
and Emma are married, and they live at 75 Upland Road in St. Helens, along
with their two daughters, Irene M. and Joan. |
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Death |
Thursday,
19 August 1971, aged
76 years 130 days
[registered in St Helens, September 1971]. |
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Funeral |
Tuesday, 24 August 1971 in St Helen's Crematorium |
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The death date
stated in the Tranmere Rovers FC Who's Who of 26 May 1973 is incorrect.
That John Bamber was born in 1890. |
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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) |
Began his career with St Helen's Recreation FC and Heywood FC. He
signed with Liverpool FC in December 1915. After 71 league
appearances and two goals, Bamber was transferred to Leicester City FC in
February 1924. On 25 July 1927, after City refused to re-sign him,
and after 113 league appearaces and seven goals, he
signed for Tranmere Rovers FC, making another 86
league appearances, scoring once, and then
Prescot Cables FC in August 1930. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division Two winners 1924-25; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 12st 0lbs
[1925]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of seven who became the 402nd
players (405) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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Only match |
No. 124, 14 March 1921, Wales
0 England 0, a British Championship match at Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, aged
25 years
337 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1920-21; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Part of the FA Tour
of South Africa 1920; |
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Distinctions |
Died a day after
George Stephenson and eight days
after Joe Smith |
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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.21. |
