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Chippy
Simmons |
West Bromwich Albion
FC
unused
1902 |
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Timeline |
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Charles Simmons |
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Birth |
Spring 1878 in Darlaston, Staffordshire
cannot be 9 September 1878, there is
no registration. |
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registered as Simmonds in Walsall April-June 1878. |
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According to the 1881 census,
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According to the 1891 census,
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According to the 1901 census,
Charles, a coal merchant, is the only son living at home with his widowed
father at 17 Station Road in Darlaston. They have two servants. |
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Marriage |
to Beatrice Merab Foster in early 1903 |
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registered as Simmonds in Walsall January-March 1903. |
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Children |
Chippy and Beatrice had two children together, Fred and Rose. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Charles, still a coal merchant, is now married to Beatrice, with two
children, Fred and Rose, still at 17 Station Street. |
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According to the 1921 census,
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According to the 1939 census, . |
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Death |
Spring 1932 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire |
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registered in West Bromwich April-June 1932. |
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Funeral |
June 1932 in Handsworth |
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Source |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Started his
football career with Rinity Victoria FC, Oldbury Town FC and Worcester
Rovers FC before he joined with West Bromwich
Albion FC, before a transfer to Southern League side West Ham United FC.
He remained a year, making 34 Southern
League appearances and scoring eight goals, before returning to The Hawthorns, until his transfer to Chesterfield Town FC on 20 September
1907. After another season, joined Wellington Town FC. |
League History
210 appearances, 82 goals |
West
Bromwich Albion FC 1898-1907 178 appearances 75 goals
debut:
19 November 1898 Burnley 1 West Bromwich Albion FC 1
Chesterfield Town FC 1907-08 32 appearances, seven goals.
debut (division two): 26 September 1907 Hull City AFC 2 Chesterfield Town
FC 0.
last (division two): 29 April 1908 Grimsby Town FC 4 Chesterfield
Town FC 3. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Two winners 1901-02 (28ᵃ 23ᵍ);
FA Cup semi-finalist 1900-01 (1ᵃ 1ᵍ), 1906-07 (1ᵃ 1ᵍ) |
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Individual honours |
none |
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Distinctions |
none |
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Height/Weight |
5' 9½", 11st. 4lbs. [1907], or
11st 4lbs. |
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England Career |
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Position(s) |
Inside-forward |
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Individual honours |
'on three occasions had been selected as a reserve to Steve
Bloomer in Internationals. |
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Beyond England |
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