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John
Brodie |
Wolverhampton Wanderers
FC & St Peter's College
(Saltley) FC
3 caps, 1 goal
P 3 W 2 D 0 L 1 F x:
A x
67% successful
1889-91
disciplined: none
captaincies:
one
minutes played: 270 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
John Brant Brodie |
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Born |
30 August 1862 in Wightwick,
Wolverhampton [registered as John Brodie in Wolverhampton, December
1862]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1871 census,
John is the eldest of three sons to Henry and Eliza. They live at 3
Hagger Street in Wolverhampton. His father is an iron moulder |
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According to the 1881 census,
John B. is a student at Worcester Lichfield & Hereford Training College,
on Church Road in Aston. |
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According to the 1891 census,
John B. is now married to Eda with one child, John L. and one servant, he
is an elementary school master, his wife, an elementary school mistress
and they live at The National School House (Saltley College) in Church
Road, in Brewood. |
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According to the 1901 census,
still a headmaster at St. Peter's College, Saltley, with his wife, and now two more
children, Harold L. and Phyliis E.L. |
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According to the 1911 census,
John Brant is still a headmaster at St. Peter's College, Saltley, and now a widower.
Living with only his daughter and a servant in Dean Street in Brewood. |
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Married |
to Eda Lockley
[registered as John Brant Brodie in Wolverhampton, June 1887]. |
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Died |
16 February 1925, aged
62 years x days
[registered as John B. in Wolverhampton, March 1925]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9", 12st.
3lbs [1889]. |
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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) |
Began at St.
Luke's School in Blackenhall, before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers FC from
its founding days in 1877, where he remained for his entire footballing
career. However, he did help
St Peter's College
(Saltley) FC between 1880 and 1882
and also assisted Bootle FC in 1891 before retiring. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1888-89; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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) |
Centre-forward |
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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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After becoming a football referee in 1892,
Brodie bceame a director of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in June 1913.
All whilst being a headmaster at . -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.47. |