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Teddy
Johnson |
St Peter's
College (Saltley) FC, Stoke FC
2 appearances, 1 goal
P 2 W 2 D 0 L 0 F 11:
A 3
100% successful
1880-84
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Edward Johnson |
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Birth |
Monday, 28 November 1859 at 14 Wharf Street, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
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registered in Stoke-upon-Trent
January-March 1860 |
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The Edward Johnson
registered in
September 1859 was also baptised that month, his parents were a William
and a Caroline, and lived in the Longton area. |
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According to the 1861
census, Edward is the youngest of six children to William and Eliza (née
Hughes). His
father is a grocer and they live at 14 Wharf Street in the Shelton area of
Hanley. |
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According to the 1871
census and his father is still a grocer. Edward is
still the youngest of six, and they all still live at 14 Wharf Street. |
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According to the 1881
census, Edward is a schoolmaster, and just one of three sons still living
with his parents at 14 Wharf Street. |
"Very deep and wide-spread regret will be occasioned in the
football world by the death of Mr. Edward Johnson, of Stoke, which I am
informed took place on Saturday last under peculiarly sad circumstances.
The day before he sustained an accident while riding, which was of so
serious a nature that concussion of the brain set in with fatal results
within 24 hours. 'Teddy' Johnson, as he was always known, not only to his
friends but to all local football enthusiasts, has been one of the most
popular and successful exponents of the dribbling game in the district for
five or six years, and at the time of his death was captain of the Stoke
Club, to which organisation his loss will be simply irreparable."
- Birmingham Daily Mail, Saturday, 7 June 1884
"It is
with feelings of deepest regret that I have to record the sad death of
'Teddy' Johnson, the captain of Stoke F.C., who was thrown out of a trap
on the Saturday preceding Whit-week, and died in a few hours afterwards."
- The Athletic News, Wednesday, 11 June 1884 |
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"I am delighted to see that the report that 'Teddy' Johnson was
dead is incorrect, as after being unconscious for several days, he
rallied, and is now on a fair way of recovery, and I trust that we shall
soon hear he is himself again." - The Walsall Free Press,
Saturday, 14 June 1884. |
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According to the 1891
census, Edward now lives at 14 Wharf Street with just his widowed mother.
She is a grocer, he is a grocer's assistant. |
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According to the 1901
census, Edward lives alone at 14 Wharf Street. He is alone in running the
grocers shop. |
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Death |
Sunday, 30 June 1901 at 14 Wharf Street in
Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
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aged
41 years 214 days |
registered in Stoke-upon-Trent
July-September 1901 |
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Obituary |
"DEATH OF A NOTED STOKE PLAYER
"The death
is announced of 'Teddy' Johnson, an old time centre forward of the Stoke
Football Club, who was in his day considered a very skilful and superior
dribbler. He was contemporary with the late Tom Slaney in the Stoke team,
with which he was forced to sever his connection owing to a trap accident
which proved almost fatal. Johnson possessed a medal specially awarded him
by the Birmingham Association. Playing in London in one of those
inter-Association matches so popular in the early 'eighties,' the
Southerners were leading by one goal to none. They were pressing heavily
when Johnson obtained possession near his own goal, and with a brilliant
dribble took the ball the whole length of the field and scored. The
Birmingham Association awarded him a special gold medal upon which was
inscribed:—'Presented to E. Johnson for brilliant services on the field.'
He died from an apoplectic stroke."
-
Cheshire Daily Echo, Tuesday, 2 July 1901.
"'Johnson, of Stoke.'
"The announcement of the death of Teddy Johnson has caused special
sorrow in the Birmingham district, writes our correspondent, for in the
old days, when the inter-Association games between Birmingham and
Sheffield, Birmingham and London, and London and Sheffield, were the most
attractive engagements of the year, Teddy Johnson was the great factor in
the Midland team's forward play. Not even Archie Hunter's presence could
overshadow Johnson's brilliancy. There are men going about the Midlands
to-day who, whenever old-time football is touched upon, speak almost with
reverence of his mighty feats with the ball. He was one who, like
Widdowson and Mosforth, could take it from one end of the field to the
other. The speed at which he used to dribble—he had a great deal of the
style which was later seen to such perfection in W. N. Cobbold—made him a
greatly feared opponent, and he snatched some of Birmingham's games
absolutely out of the fire. But although he was so superlatively skilful,
he was also a master of the art of combination, and never failed to get
the ball out to a man more happily situated than himself. In his day he
was a great player, and it was only official injustice, due to the almost
exclusive management of the game by Londoners, that prevented Teddy
Johnson getting his international cap against Scotland. Merit did not
count for much, save in a Metropolitan, in those days."
- Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, 3 July 1901 |
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Probate |
"JOHNSON
Edward of 14 Wharf-street Stoke-upon-Trent Staffordshire
died 30 June 1901 Administration
Lichfield 28 February to
John Johnson writing-clerk.
Effects £41 12s. 5d."
[2025equivalent: £4,395] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
"In the same year (1874) I joined a little
football team called the Brampton, but shortly afterwards started a team
of my own at Stoke. When we couldn't get matches we converted ourselves
into a club of harriers, and were known fame as the Stoke Harriers. In the
following year we were invited to join the Stoke Club Second Team. We did
so. I was elected captain. During that season (1875-6) we only lost one
match. In the same year, too, I was selected for the First Team, and soon
afterwards I became a fixture there."
Attended St. Peter's College, Saltley, in Birmingham in 1879-81.
"After this I resided for a time in Burton,
but came to Stoke to play in matches. In 1887 however, I came to Stoke
permanently, and then took part in all the club fixtures. In 1882 I was
made captain of the Stoke team. Then I met with a very bad accident. I was
thrown out of a cart, and alighted on my head. I was nearly killed.
Indeed, it was reported that I was killed. When I recovered I began
playing again. I was elected captain for the next season (1884-5), but
only played in one match. I found my nerves were not what they had been,
and I thought I would stop until I got thoroughly well. After this I went
out umpiring for the Stoke Club, and also for the Staffordshire
Association." - The
Clarion, Saturday, 22 October 1892 |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Staffordshire FA (1877-78; 1881-84);
Birmingham 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
six who became the
75th players (80) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left, centre-forward |
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First match |
No.
11, 15 March 1880,
Wales 2 England 3, a friendly match at Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged
20 years 108 days. |
Last match
3 years 344 days |
No.
20, 23 February 1884, Ireland 1 England 8, a British Championship match at
Ulster Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast, aged
24 years 87 days.
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1883-84; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Birmingham & District (one
appearance, March 1881)
The North (two appearances,
1882-84) |
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Beyond
England |
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After giving up
playing was closely connected with the administration of Stoke St Peter's
FC, and for many years a member of the Staffordshire FA before being
compelled to resign on health grounds in 1898. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.144. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
minutes |
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Goals
ave.min |
comp. goals |
captain |
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2 |
2 |
1 |
180 |
1 |
180
min |
1 |
none |
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The minutes here given
can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an
approximation. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
5.5 |
1.5 |
100 |
=0 |
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Both of his matches were played at an away
venue |
Tournament & Opposition Record
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Competition & Opposition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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British Championship (Ireland) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
8.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| Friendly
(Wales) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Tournament Record
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British Championship 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 1883-84 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
8.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
8.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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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 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
8.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
100 |
+1 |
Match History
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apps |
match |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
pos |
"In 1883-4 I played in two classic matches—North against South and
England against Ireland. In the latter I kicked two goals"
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