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Bert Bliss

Tottenham Hotspur FC

1 appearance, 0 goals

P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 0: A 3
0% successful
1921

captain: none
minutes played:
90

Timeline

  Herbert Bliss
Birth 29 March 1890 in Willenhall, Staffordshire [registered in Wolverhampton, June 1890].
 

According to the 1891 census, Herbert is the youngest of six children to Pryce and Elizabeth (née Hobson). His Welsh father is a railway servant and they all live at 19 Bow Street in Willenhall.

 

According to the 1901 census, Herbert now has three younger siblings, still living in Bow Street, and his father now a shunter on the railway.

 

According to the 1911 census, Bert is a brass caster still at home with his parents and eight siblings, living at Waterglade Lane in Willenhall.
According to his airmen's service record, Bliss enlisted with the army on 20 February 1917, and transferred to the RAF on 1 April 1918, after serving in France, he was discharged on 30 April 1920, to 105 Pembury Road in Tottenham.

  According to the 1921 census, Herbert, a professional footballer (for Tottenham Hotspur FC), is boarding with the Short/Caddy family at 6 Tottenham Terrace at White Hart Lane.
Marriage to Florence M. Grove [registered in Edmonton, Middlesex, September 1922]. If this is the correct Bliss, then he lived at 20 The Broadway in Enfield.
  According to the 1939 register, Herbert, is a capstan operator and setter, he is married, although she is not on this register. He lives at 20 Liberia Road in Islington. Florence M., a dress finisher, is living at 33 Fir Park Avenue in Edmonton.
Death 14 June 1968, aged 77 years 77 days [registered in Haringey, June 1968].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Playing Career

Club(s) Began his career with Willenhall Swifts FC, before Tottenham Hotspur FC, in April 1912, signed him for £10. He made 194 league appearances, scoring 92 goals. Served in the Royal Air Force during WW1. Bliss joined Clapton Orient FC in December 1922, he made seventy league appearances, scoring twenty goals. Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic FC signed him in July 1925, but only made six league appearances. He retired the following summer.
Club honours Football League Division Two winners 1919-20; FA Cup winners 1920-21; FA Charity Shield winner 1921;
Individual honours None
Distinctions In March 1921, Bliss fronted an advertising campaign for DeWitt pills for backpain.
Height/Weight 5' 4½" [1917], 5' 7", 11st. 2lbs [1921].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career

Player number One of five who became the 409th players (412) to appear for England.
Position(s) Inside-left
Only match No. 125, 9 April 1921, Scotland 3 England 0, a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 31 years 11 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1920-21;
Team honours None
Individual honours None
Distinctions Died four days after Tommy Smart and eleven days after Walter Alsford

Beyond England

No additional information, although he is described as 'One of the most conscientious of players and pretty nearly the hardest shooting forward in football, his surprise efforts flashing into the net before the danger is even realised'. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.36/37.

 

Bert Bliss - 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
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

 

Bert Bliss - Match Record - All Matches - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Away - British Championship 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1 0 0.00 3.00 0.0 -1
All 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1 0 0.00 3.00 0.0 -1

 

Bert Bliss - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1920-21 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1 0 0.00 3.00 0.0 -1
BC All 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1 0 0.00 3.00 0.0 -1
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1 0 0.00 3.00 0.0 -1
All 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1 0 0.00 3.00 0.0 -1

 

Bert Bliss - Match History
 Club: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - 1 full cap

F.A. International Select Committee - 1 full capx

Age 31
1 125 9 April 1921 - Scotland 3 England 0, Hampden Park, Glasgow BC AL Start il

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