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George
Holden |
Wednesbury Old
Athletic FC
4 appearances, 1 goal
P 4 W 2 D 0 L 2 F 13:
A 8
50% successful
1881-84
captain: none
minutes played: 360 |
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Timeline |
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George Henry Holden |
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Birth |
Thursday,
6 October 1859 in Dartmouth Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire |
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Other than his playing days, there are limited reports on Holden in the
newspapers. |
registered in West Bromwich
January-March 1860 |
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According to the 1861
census, George is the youngest of four, all sons, to Richard and Mercy
(née Thomas).
His father is a forgeman and they live at Dartmouth Street in West
Bromwich. |
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According to the 1871
census, George, still the youngest, lives with two older brothers, Richard
and John, and his parents, and one servant, at Holyhead Road in
Wednesbury. His father is an iron roller. |
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According to the 1881
census, George and John remain with their parents at 2 Portway Road in
Wednesbury. His father and older brother are Iron workers. George himself
is an axle turner.
(His mother died at the end of 1885 and his
father three years later) |
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According to the 1891
census, George H. and John have moved on and are now boarding with
Frederick and Emma Roberts at 128 West Gate in Rotherham. George remains
an axle turner. |
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Marriage |
to a Margaret
S., sometime in 1899. |
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no registration found |
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Children |
George and Margaret
Holden
had one son together. George Henry (b.1900) |
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According to the 1901
census, G.H. is now married to Magt (Margaret) and they have one son, G.H.
(George Henry). George is a wood turner and they live at 157 College Road
in Aston. |
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According to the 1911
census, George remains married with his one son. He is an axle-turner on
the railways. They live at 149 Hob Moor Road in Aston. |
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According to the 1921
census, George Henry remains married to Margaret and still with his one son. He is an
out of work axle-turner on
the railways (last employed by the Midland Railway Company). They live at 10
Victoria Road in Stechford. |
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Death |
Doug
Lamming states sometime in the 1920's, but evidence is to the contrary.
He was definitely alive and possibly well, living with his son in Openshaw
in January 1941.
"A letter came to
me a few days ago from an old football friend who recently moved from
Birmingham to Stockport. As a youth he attended regularly the matches of
Aston Villa, St. George, Aston Unity, and Excelsior, and can recall many
stirring games at The Basin in Fentham Road, as the St. George's ground
was called, and elsewhere. In this letter he said: 'I met a Wednesbury man
here this week, and he told me that George Holden, of Wednesbury Old
Athletic, is alive and is living with a son at Openshaw near here."
- The Birmingham Mail, Saturday, 11 January 1941. |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Attended St.
John's School in Wednesbury. Began his career with Old Park FC in
Wednesbury in 1876 and joined Wednesbury St. James FC in 1877, and from
there, Holden joined Wednesbury Old Athletic FC in 1878, and then onto West Bromwich Albion
FC in May 1886. He rejoined Wednesbury Old Athletic FC for a final time
between 1887 and 1888, before finishing with Derby Midland FC from the end of
September 1888; |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Birmingham
FA & Staffordshire FA |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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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
two who became the
88th players
(88) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right; |
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First match |
No. 13, 12 March 1881, England 1 Scotland 6,
a friendly match at The Surrey Cricket
Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 21 years
157 days. |
Last match
3 years 5 days |
No. 22, 17 March 1884, Wales 0 England 4,
a
British Championship match at The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged
24 years 163 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1883-84; |
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Individual Honours |
England
trial (one appearance, March 1881);
The North
(one appearance, January 1883, withdrew in January 1884) |
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Beyond England |
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An axle-turner by trade, George appears to have
carried on his trade on the railways in Birmingham area. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.134./FindMyPast.com |
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