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Edgar Bluff

Southampton FC

reserve
1905

Timeline

  Edgar Underwood Bluff
 

According to the 1881 census, John and Mary Rebecca (née Babington) are living at 42 Steadfast Street in Attercliffe-cum-Darnell, with one son, Horac .

Birth Saturday, 22 April 1882 at 42 Steadfast Street in Attercliffe-cum-Darnall, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
   registered in Sheffield April-June 1882.
 

His father died in the early autumn 1883, and his mother died on 8 January 1888.
According to the 1891 census, Edgar is the youngest of four nephews living at 89 Skinnerthorpe Road in the Brightside Bierlow area of Sheffield with Joseph and Jane Howard. His uncle Joseph is a night watchman

 

 Not found on the 1901 census, but he does appear to have enlisted with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, a year earlier.

Marriage to Annie Mary Radford, in early 1908 in Birmingham
   registered in Aston January-March 1908.
Children Edgar and Annie Bluff have five children together. Twins Ernest and Elsie (b.16 September 1911), Jack Lawson (b.17 September 1913), Daisy Rebecca (b.November 1915) and Dorothy B. (b.23 March 1920)
 

According to the 1911 census, Edgar Underwood, a coal mine hewer, and although a head, and is married, is on his own, living at 14 Pitt Street in Radcliffe, Manchester.
At the time of his twins, Ernest and Elsie's birth, they were baptised a day old, and living at 130 Lily Lane in Platt Bridge, near Wigan. He is a professional footballer. They both died within the same quarter, if not immediately.

 

According to the 1921 census, Edgar Underwood, a coal mine hewer for the Digby Coal Company, married still to Annie, and with their three surviving children, they live at 39 Mount Pleasant in Carlton, near Basford.

 

According to the 1939 register, Edgar, a motor driver, remains married to Annie, and with their children, Jack and Dorothy, they live at 253 Carlton Hill in Carlton, Nottingham.

Death Wednesday, 2 July 1952 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
aged 70 years 71 days registered in Nottingham July-September 1952.
Funeral Saturday, 5 July 1952 in Carlton Cemetery, Nottingham

Source

Ancestry.com & Roger Baker

Playing Career


Club(s)
Joined the Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1900, and it was in 1904, whilst playing for the Army Corp, Southampton FC paid for his discharge, and sent him on a successful tour of South America. He returned to Sheffield in the summer of 1905 for a £300 transfer fee, after the Southern League had introduced a wage limit. He joined Sheffield United FC on 7 September. Birmingham FC followed on 11 December 1907. But on 8 September 1908, he had joined St Helens Town FC.

League honours
74 appearances, 18 goals
Sheffield United FC 1905-07 65 appearances, seventeen goals
debut: 23 September 1905 Sheffield United FC 4 Sunderland AFC 1.
Birmingham FC 1907-08 nine appearances, one goals
debut: 14 December 1907 Woolwich Arsenal FC 1 Birmingham FC 1.
last: 18 April 1908 The Wednesday FC 1 Birmingham FC 4.
Club honours Football League Division One fourth place 1906-07 (31 11);
Individual honours not known
Distinctions not known
Height/Weight 5' 7", 11st 12lbs [1905]

England Career

Position(s) Inside-right
Distinctions None

Beyond England

He was arrested in hospital in Berlin on 19 November 1914, and sent to Ruhleben, where he was interned alongside Steve Bloomer.

 

Edgar Bluff - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Mins. Goals goals ave.min Capt. Disc.
1 0 0 0 0 min 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.

Match History

 Club: Southampton F.C. - no full appearances

F.A. International Select Committee - no full appearancesx


apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

Age 24
83 25 February 1905 - England 1 Ireland 1, Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough BC HD reserve
  


     

 
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