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Edgar
Bluff |
Southampton
FC
reserve
1905 |
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Timeline |
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Edgar Underwood Bluff |
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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 |
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registered in Sheffield April-June 1882. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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