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Sam
Greenhalgh |
Bolton Wanderers
FC
reserve
1908 |
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Timeline |
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Samuel Hargreaves |
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Birth |
Monday, 28 June 1880 at 23 Hough Lane in Eagley, Turton, Lancashire |
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registered in Bolton July-September 1882 |
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According to the 1881 census,
nine month old Samuel is here the youngest of two sons to Samuel and Esther (née Hibbert),
living at 23 Hough Lane in Turton. His father is a cotton lope weaver. |
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According to the 1891 census,
ten year old Samuel is the youngest of four children living now at 7 Holme
Street in Turton with their parents. His father is a general labourer. |
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According to the 1901 census,
20 year old Samuel is a cotton cloth dyer, and the second of four children
living with their parents, back on Hough Lane, number 63. His father is
now a cotton mill labourer. |
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Marriage |
to Margaret Makin, on 4 November 1903 at Christ Church,
Walmsley, Lancashire |
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registered in Bolton October-December 1903 |
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Children |
Sam and Margaret Greenhalgh had three children together. Harry (b.9
November 1904) and Samuel (b.24 January 1907). Another
had died before 1911. |
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Living at 9 Weymouth Street, Bolton, at the time of
Harry's baptism in December 1904. At 98 Tintern Road in Walmsley by the
time Samuel was baptised in March 1907.
According to the 1911 census,
Samuel is a professional footballer, married to Margaret, and with two
children, Harry and Samuel. They live at 513 Halliwell Road in Bolton. |
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His mother died in 1920.
According to the 1921 census,
Samuel, now a machine labourer, still married, still two sons, now living
at 75 Chorley New Road in Halliwell area of Bolton.
His father died in early 1927. |
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According to the 1939 register,
Samuel is now a Corporation street sweeper, and with his wife, Margaret,
they live at 153 Mornington Road in Bolton. |
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Death |
Monday, 28 March
1955 in Bolton, Lancashire |
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aged 73 years 325 days |
registered in Bolton January-March 1955 |
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Obituary |
"Death
of former Bolton and Villa Player
"Sam
Greenhalgh, former Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa half-back, died to-day
at his Bolton home at the age of 74. A native of Eagley, near Bolton,
Greenhalgh played five times for the Football League and was twice reserve
for England."
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Wolverhampton Express and Star, Monday, 28
March 1955. |
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Source |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Spent his youth
career with Birtenshaw Wesleyans FC, Eagley United FC and Turton FC.
Joined Bolton Wanderers FC in 1902 and made 96
league appearances, scoring six goals. Joined Aston Villa FC in
January 1906 and made 46 league appearances,
scoring twice. Returned to Bolton Wanderers FC in 1907, becoming
club captain, and
made a final 163 league appearances, scoring
thirteen goals. He signed on 22 July 1914 to become a player~coach
at Chorley FC. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup runners-up 1903-04; |
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Individual honours |
not known |
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Distinctions |
not known |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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England Career |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Beyond England |
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None |
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