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Fred
Blackburn |
Blackburn Rovers
FC
3 caps, 1 goal
P 3 W 2 D 1 L 0 F x:
A x
83% successful
1901-04
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
James Thomas Alfred Blackburn |
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Notes |
NOT Frederick Blackburn |
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Born |
20 July 1878
at The Eagle Inn, Mellor, Blackburn, Lancashire [registered as James Thomas A., Blackburn, September 1878]. |
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Baptised |
18 August 1878 in
St Mary Church, Mellor, Blackburn.
Abode stated as the Eagle Inn in Mellor. His father's occupation was an
innkeeper; baptised by G R G Pughe. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1881 census,
James T.A. is the youngest of eight children to parents John and Eliza.
They live at Mellor Lane in Mellor. His father is a Cotton Overlooker. |
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According to the 1891 census,
James T.A. is the youngest of five children still with their parents at
Mellor Brow, Elswick Terrace in Mellor. His father is at The Mill. |
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According to the 1901 census,
James Thomas Alfred is a professional footballer, living with his parents
at Mellor Brow. His father is still at The Mill. |
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According to the 1911 census,
James Thomas Alfred is head of his own household at 175 Altmore Avenue in
East Ham, London. Has two boarders, one is fellow Blackburn-born, West Ham
professional footballer Herbert Ashton, the other is his housekeeper. His
son, John, is with him, although his wife, |
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Married |
to Mary Ann
Hayhurst
[registered in Blackburn, December 1902]. |
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Died |
13 March
1951 at 63 Highwood Gardens, Ilford, Essex, aged
72 years
[registered as James T.A., in Ilford, March 1951]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
6½", 10st.
12lbs [1904]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], FindMyPast.com &
lan-opc.org.uk |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
x |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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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 |
xth
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
x |
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First match |
No. x, aged x years
x days. |
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Last match |
No. x, aged x years x days. |
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Major tournaments |
x |
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Team honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |