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Billy
Bradshaw |
Blackburn Rovers FC
4 caps, 0 goals
P 4 W 3 D 1 L 0 F 12:
A 5
88% successful
1910-13
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 360 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
William Bradshaw |
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Born |
April to June 1884 in Padiham, Lancashire [registered in
Burnley, June 1884]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1891 census,
William is the sixth child of eight to James and Sarah Ann (née
Dewhurst), living at 17
Whitaker Street in Hapton. His father is a loom overlooker. |
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According to the 1901 census,
William is one of five and he is a tripe dresser, still with their parents
living at 13 Church Street in Padiham. |
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According to the 1911 census,
William, a professional footballer, married to Nancy Jane, with two
daughters, Edna and Gladys. They live at 81 Stockbridge Road in Padiham. |
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Married |
to Nancy Jane
Duxbury, 12 September 1905 in Padiham Parish Church.
[registered in Burnley, September 1905]. The registration
states William's professional as a Professional Footballer. |
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Died |
summer 1955, aged
71 years
[registered in Blackburn, June 1955]. This is the only correctly
aged William Bradshaw to die, that is to say, the only one to be born in
1884. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 10st.
10lbs [1910]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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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 |
His brothers
Vic, Jack and Ernie played for Blackpool, Accrington Stanley and Burnley,
around the dawn of the 20th century - Lancashire Telegraph, 30
January 2008 |
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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. |