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Bert Lee |
Southampton FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
1 L 0 F 2: A 2
50% successful
1904
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Sergeant Ernest Albert Lee |
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Birth |
19 August 1879 at St.
Michael's Lane, Bridport,
Dorset [registered in
Bridport, September 1879].
Birthdate
calculated from his army medical record, and almost confirmed by the 1939
register (it states 19 August 1880, but he was certainly an 1879 birth) |
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Baptism |
20 December 1882 in Bridport |
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According to the 1881
census, Ernest Albert is the youngest of five children to Thomas Eveleigh and Sarah
Ann (née Warren). His father is a general labourer, and they all live at 35 St
Michael's Lane in Bridport. |
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According to the 1891
census, Ernest A. remains the youngest, but only four remain with their
parents at St Michael's Lane. His father is still a general labourer. |
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According to the 1901
census, Albert is a Professional Footballer boarding with the Butt family,
living at 35 York Street in Southampton. |
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Marriage |
to Lily Agnes Trapp, on 27 June 1905
[registered in Southampton, June 1905]. |
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Not on the 1911
census return for England and Wales, he was in Dundee in Angus at the time.
According to Army Records, joined the Hampshire Regiment (36063) in
1916 as a Storeman. His wife, Lily A., was stated as living at 56 Richmond
Road in the Freemantle area of Southampton. Transferred to the 180th
Labour Corps (107645) on 14 May 1917, then finally the 17th Royal
Fusilliers (114630) on 9 January 1919. He was demobilised on 23 May 1919. |
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According to the
1921 census, Albert is still a professional football player (for
Southampton FC) and still married to Lily, with one son, fourteen year-old
Herbert (born in Dundee). They live at 56 Richmond Road in the Freemantle
area of Southampton. |
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According to the 1939 register, Ernest A. and
Lily A. remain married, living at 34 Newlands Avenue in Southampton, with
his son Herbert and his wife, Elsie. Ernest is a radio dealer. |
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Death |
14 January 1958
at the General Hospital, Shirley, Southampton, aged
78 years 148 days
[registered in Southampton, March 1958]. Living at 34
Newlands Avenue, Southampton. Left £1648 2s. 8d. to his widow, Lily
Agnes. |
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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) |
After
beginning his career with Poole FC, Lee joined Southampton FC in the 1900
close season. After six years and 174 league appearances, in
which scored eight times, on 3 May 1906, he went north of the border and joined
Dundee FC in the Scottish League, becoming club captain. He remained until his return to
Southampton FC on 4 May 1911, becoming their trainer in 1913, he played
another 77 league matches, scoring another five goals. Retired
during WW1. |
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Club honours |
Southern
League Champions 1900-01, 1902-03, 1903-04, FA Cup
runners-up 1900-01; Scottish Cup winners 1909-10; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
6'
0", 12st.
0lbs [1902], 5'
8", 12st.
8lbs [1903], 5'
11", 11st. 0lbs [1916]. |
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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 seven who became the 290th players
(291) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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Only match |
No. 80, 29 February 1904,
Wales 2 England 2, a British Championship match at The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham,
aged 24 years 194 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1903-04; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1903-04; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
The first Dorsetian to represent England. |
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Beyond England |
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After retiring from playing during
World War One, Lee remained with the Southampton club as trainer until
1935. After he left football, he worked as a salesman with his son's radio
firm - An
English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990).
Hatton Press, p.155. |
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