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Jack
Brodie |
Wolverhampton Wanderers
FC
3 appearances, 2 goals
one goal on debut
P 3 W 2 D 0 L 1 F
14:
A 5
67% successful
1889-91
captain:
one
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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John Brant Brodie |
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Birth |
Saturday, 30 August 1862 in Wightwick,
Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire |
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registered without the Brant in Wolverhampton October-December
1862 |
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Baptism |
Sunday,
26 October 1862 at St Peter's Church, Wolverhampton. |
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According to the 1871 census,
John is the eldest of three sons to Henry Hugh and Eliza (née
Brant). 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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First marriage |
to Eda Lockley, on Saturday, 9 April 1887,
at St. Luke's Church, Wolverhampton |
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registered in Wolverhampton April-June 1887 |
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Children |
Jack and Eda Brodie had four children together. John Lockley
(b.13 November 1888), Harold
Lockley (b.8 November 1892) and Phyllis Eda Lockley
(b.18 October 1896). |
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(His father
died 10 March 1889, eight days after Jack appeared for England)
According to the 1891 census,
John B. is now married to Eda with one child, John. 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 and Phyliis.
(Eda Brodie
dies at the end of 1902) |
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According to the
1911 census, John Brant is still a headmaster at St. Peter's College, but
now a widower.
Living with only his daughter and a servant in Dean Street in Brewood. |
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Second marriage |
to Judith Sarah Wills, in late-1913 in London. |
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registered in St. Martins October-December 1913 |
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(Jack's
mother died 1 March 1916, followed by his wife, Judith Brodie on 5
November 1916, then his son, John Lockley Brodie on 16 May 1920 in Niagara).
According to the 1921 census,
John Brant is still a headmaster, now at Woodfield Avenue Council school
in Penn. Living with one of his sons, Harold, at Chadmance on Riley
Crescent in Penn Fields. |
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Death |
Monday morning, 16 February 1925, at The Nook, Penn Road, Penn Fields in
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire |
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aged
62 years 170 days |
registered in Wolverhampton January-March 1925 |
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Obituary |
"EX-WOLVERHAMPTON W. AND
INTERNATIONAL PLAYER.
"One of the prime movers in the
formation of the
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and a former captain of the team,
Mr. J. B. Brodie, died yesterday morning at his residence at Penn
(Wolverhampton) at the age of 64. A fine forward, Mr. Brodie was in the
'Wolves' van in 1889, when the Wanderers were beaten 3—0 in the final of
the F.A. Cup by Preston North End, at Kennington Oval. He was an English
International against Scotland and Wales that season, and against Wales
the next season. For a number of years Mr. Brodie sat on the board of
directors of the Wanderers' club before the present company was formed. He
also won some fame as a referee. A school teacher by profession he
subsequently became headmaster of Brewood National School. Mr. Brodie
leaves a son and daughter, and will be missed by a large circle of
friends."
- Birmingham
Daily Gazettes, Tuesday,
17 February 1925.
"Passing of a Pioneer.
"Footballers of the old school heard with
regret of the death of Mr. John Brant Brodie, at Wolverhampton, at the age
of 62. Mr. Brodie, who was a schoolmaster, was one of the founders of the
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. in association with Mr. John Baynton. After
being captain of the football club at Saltley College, Brodie became a
teacher in Wolverhampton, and about 1877 he joined Baynton in getting a
team which marked the beginning of the Wolves' career. He was in the
Wanderers' attack when they played in the final for the F.A. Cup at
[Kennington] Oval in 1889, and were beaten by Preston North End. As an
English international he played against Scotland in 1889, and against
Wales the same year, and also in 1891. After giving up playing he became a
referee, and for a number of years he served on the Wanderers'
directorate."
- The Athletic
News, Monday,
23 February 1925. |
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Thursday, 19 February 1925, at Merridale Cemetery, Jeffcock Road in Wolverhampton.
Buried with his second wife, Judith
"The
funeral of the late Mr. Brodie took place at the General Cemetery,
Wolverhampton on Thursday. The service was conducted by the Rev. W. G.
Flack. Six Past
Masters of the Tudor Lodge of Freemasons acted as bearers. There were
upwards of 40 beautiful floral tributes."
- The Staffordshire Advertiser, Saturday, 21 February 1925 |
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Probate |
"BRODIE
John Brant of
The Nook Penn
Wolverhampton died
16 February 1925 Probate Lichfield
15 May to Harold Lockley Brodie motor car salesman.
Effects £3114
3s. 3d."
[2019 Equivalent:
£190,741] |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began at St.
Luke's School in Blakenhall, before forming Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in 1877,
becoming club captain and played at the back, and he remained for his entire footballing
career. However, he did help
St Peter's College
(Saltley) FC between 1880 and 1882, returning
to Wolves and became their centre-forward. He also assisted Bootle FC in 1891 before retiring. |
League History
42 appearances, 22 goals |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1888-91 42 appearances,
22 goals.
debut: 20 October 1888 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2
Blackburn Rovers FC 2 .
last: 14 March 1891 Aston Villa 6 Wolverhampton Wanderes FC 2. |
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Club honours |
Wrekin Cup winners 1884;
Staffordshire Cup winners 1887-88;
FA Cup
runners-up 1888-89 (4ᵃ 1ᵍ);
Football League third place 1888-89 (13ᵃ 11ᵍ); |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of nine who
became the 157th players (163) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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First match |
No. 36, 2 March 1889, England
6 Ireland 1, a British Championship match at Anfield Road, Anfield, Liverpool, aged
26 years
184 days.
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Last match
1 year 5 days |
No. 41, 7 March 1891,
England 6 Ireland 1, a
British Championship match at
Molineux, Waterloo Road North, St. Peter's, Wolverhampton, aged
28 years
189 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1888-89, 1890-91; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1890-91; |
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Individual honours |
The North (one appearance 1ᶜ, January 1889, reserve in January
1886) |
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Distinctions |
most appearanced Englishman at Saltley College |
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Beyond England |
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After becoming a football referee in 1892,
Brodie became a director of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in June 1913.
All whilst being a headmaster at St Peter's College in Saltley. At the
time of his death, Brodie was headmaster of Woodfield Avenue Council
School in Penn, for ten years. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.47. |
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