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Eddie
Hapgood |
Arsenal FC
30 appearances, 0 goals
P 30 W 16 D 3 L 11 F
75:
A 38
58% successful
1933-39
captain: 21
minutes played: 2700 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Edris Albert Hapgood |
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Born |
24 September 1908 in Bristol, Gloucestershire [registered in
Bristol, December 1908]. |
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Childhood notes |
He spent the first
six years of his life in The Dings, district of East Bristol, first at 5
Clark Buildings, Union Road, St. Philips, and then 34 Days Road. Eddie was
the second youngest in a family of six girls and four boys. He went to
Emmanuel School, Barton Road, St. Philips. In 1914 the family moved to 23
Ranelagh Street, Barton Hill. In 1920 Eddie left Emmanuel School for
Hannah More School, St. Judes leaving at the age of 14 in 1923. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911
census, Edris is the youngest of nine children (four sons) to Henry and
Emily. Six of Edris' older siblings were born in Wales. His father is a
general labourer. They all live at 19 Oxford Street in The Dings, Bristol. |
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Cannot be found on the 1939 register, although
his wife is about to give birth to their second child. |
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Married |
to Margaret A. Althorpe
[registered in Edmonton, Middlesex, December 1929], four children,
Edris Anthony (b.summer 1930) and Margaret Ann (b.16 September 1939)
were born in Kettering, Elizabeth L. (b.mid-1943) in Wellingborough and
Michael P. (b.winter 1947) born in Darwen. |
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Died |
Good Friday,
20 April 1973 at Honiley Hall, near Kenilworth, aged 64 years 209 days
[registered in Warwick, June 1973]. Living at 44 Heath Terrace in
the Milverton area of Leamington Spa, at the time of his death. Buried in Brunswick Street
Cemetery, Leamington, following a service at St. Mark's Church.
"Mr. Hapgood collapsed while taking
part in a forum for students at Honiley Hall residential youth centre,
near Warwick, last night with Stan Cullis." - Saturday 21
April 1973, Sports Argus |
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notes |
"Referee
Gordon Hill and Birmingham City manager Freddie Goodwin are among top
personalities who will attend an ambitious international youth football
training conference starting at Honiley Hall, near Kenilworth, tomorrow.
An 18-strong squad from the Birmingham County F.A. and a squad from the
Saarland District of Germany will attend the conference, where they will
listen to a series of lectures as well as playing a number of games.
Conference director Alan Perry says: 'We have had two previous tours to
Germany and this is a way of responding to the kindness we were shown over
there.' Other guests include ex-Arsenal player Eddie Hapgood, and former
Birmingham City and Wolves manager Stan Cullis. The conference ends on
April 26 and one of the highlights will be a match between Warwickshire
and Saarland teams at Nuneaton Borough's Manor Park ground on Sunday
(3.0)." - Wednesday, 18 April 1973, Coventry Evening
Telegraph. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9", 11st.
0lbs [1927 & 1934].
5'
8", 11st.
2lbs [1938]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
Football
Ambassador - E.A. (Eddie) Hapgood. |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
junior football in Bristol, particulary St. Phillips FC, and became an
amateur with Bristol Rovers FC when he was eighteen years old but did not
play in any first team matches. Signed for Kettering Town FC in 1927,
after just twelve appearances, he joined Arsenal FC on 18 October
1927 for £750. Beating Aston Villa FC, Birmingham FC and Millwall FC to
his signature. Guested for Luton Town AFC and Chelsea FC during the war,
when he was a policeman. After
making 393 league appearances, scoring just twice. After leaving
Blackburn Rovers FC, he returned to playing with Shrewsbury Town AFC,
captaining them in the Midland League, in August 1947 until 18 February
1948, when Town released him so he could become Watford FC's manager, he
played his final match on 20 February. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Champions 1930-31, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1937-38, runners-up 1931-32;
FA Cup winners 1929-30, 1935-36,
runners-up 1931-32;
FA Charity Shield winners 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, runners-up
1935, 1936; Midland League winners 1947-48; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (four appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Father of Tony
Hapgood (Burnley FC, 1950's) |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management Career |
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Club(s) |
Before the
war ended, the managership at Luton Town AFC was vacant and offered to
Hapgood, but he refused the position. On 24 July 1944, whilst still a Flying
Officer with the RAF, Hapgood was signed to become the manager at
Blackburn Rovers FC, effective almost eighteen months later on 3 January 1946.
He resigned on 19 February
1947. Hapgood was then released from the Midland League club to become the manager at Watford FC,
beating hundreds of other applicants and effective from 23 February 1948. However,
he walked away from the club on 15 March 1950. After seeking a new three
year contract, the club told him it would be reviewed at the send of the
season, so the following day, he was appointed as
secretary-manager of Southern League club, Bath City AFC. He
remained in charge until 13 February 1956 when he was sacked. |
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notes |
"Eddie Hapgood, the former Arsenal and England
Assocition football captain, was awarded £1,500 damages for libel and £10
for slander against the chairman of Bath City Football Club at Bristol
Assizes yesterday.
"The action arose from a statement which Mr.
Hapgood—Edris Albert Hapgood—said that the club chairman, Mr. Arthur
Mortimer, made to a Daily Mirror sports writer after Mr.
Hapgood's contract as secretary-manager of the club was terminated in
February, 1956.
"Mr. Hapgood, of Penn Lea Road, Bath, had said that on
that occasion Mr. Mortimer, of Broadmoor Vale, Weston, Bath, told the
correspondent: "During the past five years the club has done absolutely
nothing. Little wonder our gates have dropped as low as 1,200. Our new
board is dedicated to putting Bath back in the limelight, and that means
no Hapgood". He claimed that the interview, published next day, implied
that the club had incurred a record of continuous failure because of his
incompetence, whereas it achieved considerable success.
"The jury, who
were out for 45 minutes, had been told by Mr. Justice Salmon that Eddie
Hapgood had spent his whole life in football. He had played for England 43
times and captained England 34 times, and enjoyed the highest reputation
in professional football. Now this statement had gone out to the world
that had caused his reputation to suffer. His reputation as a footballer
was one which he was entitled—if he succeeded in the action—to have
vindicated by the jury. The only way the jury could vindicate that
reputation was to award him such a sum as would show the world that there
was no truth in the implication. After the hearing Mr. Hapgood said that
he thought the result meant that his reputation had been restored so that
he could go back into football."
- Friday, 22 November 1957, The Birmingham
Post & Gazette |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
six who became 582nd players (582) to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back |
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First match |
No. 186, 13 May 1933,
Italy 1 England 1, an end-of-season tour match at
Stadio
Nazionale del Partito Nazionale Fascista, Parioli, Roma, aged 24 years
231 days. |
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Last match |
No. 225, 18 May 1939, Yugoslavia 2
England 1, an end-of-season tour match at
Stadion
Beogradski Sport Klub, Beograd, aged 30 years 236 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1933-34, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1937-38, 1938-39; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1934-35, 1938-39, winners 1937-38; |
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Individual honours |
England wartime
(nine appearances) |
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Distinctions |
The first
Bristolian to captain England. |
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Beyond England |
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Early in his life, he was a milk roundsman and
after leaving football, he worked with his wife, Margaret, in Harwell,
Weymouth, in charge of a residential hostel for the YMCA, before spending
his retirement in Leamington, where he became a season-ticket holder for
Coventry City FC, shortly before his death. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.117/8. |
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Eddie Hapgood - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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33 |
30 |
13 |
2700 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
21 |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Eddie Hapgood
- Match Record - All Matches |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
11 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
28 |
9 |
+19 |
1 |
5 |
2.55 |
0.818 |
68.2 |
+4 |
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Away |
19 |
9 |
2 |
8 |
47 |
29 |
+18 |
1 |
5 |
2.474 |
1.526 |
52.6 |
+1 |
| All |
30 |
16 |
3 |
11 |
75 |
38 |
+37 |
2 |
10 |
2.50 |
1.267 |
58.3 |
+5 |
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Eddie Hapgood
- Match Record - By Colour of Shirt |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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White |
29 |
15 |
3 |
11 |
72 |
38 |
+34 |
2 |
9 |
2.483 |
1.31 |
56.9 |
+4 |
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Blue |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
30 |
16 |
3 |
11 |
75 |
38 |
+37 |
2 |
10 |
2.50 |
1.267 |
58.3 |
+5 |
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Eddie Hapgood
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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British Championship |
13 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
29 |
15 |
+14 |
2 |
4 |
2.231 |
1.154 |
57.7 |
+2 |
| Friendly |
17 |
9 |
2 |
6 |
46 |
23 |
+23 |
0 |
6 |
2.706 |
1.353 |
58.8 |
+3 |
| All |
30 |
16 |
3 |
11 |
75 |
38 |
+37 |
2 |
10 |
2.50 |
1.267 |
58.3 |
+5 |
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Eddie Hapgood
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC 1933-34 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| BC 1934-35 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| BC 1935-36 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
1.667 |
1.333 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC 1937-38 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC 1938-39 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
3.67 |
1.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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BC All |
13 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
29 |
15 |
+14 |
2 |
4 |
2.231 |
1.154 |
57.7 |
+2 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
13 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
29 |
15 |
+14 |
2 |
4 |
2.231 |
1.154 |
57.7 |
+2 |
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All |
13 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
29 |
15 |
+14 |
2 |
4 |
2.231 |
1.154 |
57.7 |
+2 |
Eddie Hapgood
- Match History
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Club:
Arsenal F.C.
- 30 full appearances (2700 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - 30 full appearances
(2700 min)x |
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Age 25 |
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3 |
188 |
14 October 1933 -
Ireland
0 England 3,
Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Start |
lb |
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4 |
189 |
15 November 1933 -
England 1
Wales 2,
St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne |
BC |
HL |
Start |
lb |
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5 |
191 |
14 April 1934 - England 3
Scotland
0,
Empire
Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HW |
Start |
lb |
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6 |
192 |
10 May 1934 -
Hungary 2
England 1,
Stadion Üllõi út, Budapest |
tour |
AL |
Start |
lb |
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7 |
193 |
16 May 1934 -
Czechoslovakia
2 England 1, Stadión Letná, Praha |
AL |
Start |
lb |
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Age 26 |
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8 |
194 |
29 September 1934
- Wales 0 England 4,
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
BC |
AW |
Start |
lb |
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9 |
195 |
14 November 1934
- England 3 Italy 2,
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury |
Fr |
HW |
captain |
lb |
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10 |
196 |
6 February 1935
- England 2 Ireland 1,
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
BC |
HW |
captain |
lb |
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11 |
197 |
6 April 1935 -
Scotland
2
England 0,
Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
BC |
AL |
captain |
lb |
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12 |
198 |
18 May 1935
- Netherlands 0 England 1,
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam |
Fr |
AW |
captain |
lb |
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Age 27 |
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13 |
199 |
19 October 1935 - Ireland 1 England 3,
Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
captain |
lb |
|
14 |
200 |
4 December 1935 -
England 3
Germany
0,
White
Hart Lane, Tottenham |
Fr |
HW |
captain |
lb |
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15 |
201 |
5 February 1936 - England 1 Wales 2,
Molineux, Wolverhampton |
BC |
HL |
captain |
lb |
|
16 |
202 |
4 April 1936 - England 1
Scotland
1,
Empire
Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HD |
captain |
lb |
|
17 |
203 |
6 May 1936 - Austria 2 England 1,
Praterstadion, Wien |
tour |
AL |
captain |
lb |
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18 |
204 |
9 May 1936 -
Belgium
3 England 2,
Stade
du Centenaire, Bruxelles |
AL |
captain |
lb |
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Age 30 |
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24 |
219 |
22 October 1938 -
Wales
4 England 2,
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
BC |
AL |
captain |
3 |
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25 |
220 |
26 October 1938
- England 3 Rest of Europe 0,
Arsenal
Stadium, Highbury |
Fr |
HW |
captain |
3 |
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26 |
221 |
9 November 1938 - England 4
Norway
0,
St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne |
Fr |
HW |
captain |
3 |
|
27 |
222 |
16 November 1938
- England 7 Ireland 0,
Old Trafford, Manchester |
BC |
HW |
captain |
3 |
|
28 |
223 |
15 April 1939 -
Scotland
1
England 2,
Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
BC |
AW |
captain |
3 |
|
29 |
224 |
13 May 1939 - Italy 2 England 2, Stadio Civico San Siro, Milano |
tour |
AD |
captain |
3 |
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30 |
225 |
18 May 1939 -
Yugoslavia
2 England 1, Stadion Beogradski
SK, Beograd |
AL |
captain |
3 |
|
226 |
24 May 1939 - Romania 0 England 2,
Stadionul
ANEF, Bucureşti |
AW |
injured reserve |
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Notes
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