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George
Tait |
Birmingham Excelsior FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
0 L 1 F 0:
A 1
0% successful
1881
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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George Tait |
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Birth |
Sunday, 13 November 1859 at 51 Summer Lane in Newtown, Birmingham, Warwickshire |
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registered as Tate in Birmingham October-December 1859 |
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According to the 1861 census, George is the one year
old son to Joseph and Keziah (née Parker), the youngest of the six children. They live
at 51 New Summer Street in the St. George area of Birmingham. His father
is a Gun Barrel Rifler. |
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According to the
1871 census, George now has two more younger siblings, and along with
their parents, they are living in Webster Street in Aston Manor. His
father is still a Gun Barrel Rifler.
(His mother died in 1872 and
his father a year later) |
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According
to the 1881 census, George and his younger
brother, Robert, are living with their widowed older sister, Mary (Payne),
and her single daughter, at 16 Taylor Street, Aston. George is a layman |
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Death |
Monday morning, 20 November 1882, in Aston,
Warwickshire |
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aged
23 years 7 days |
registered in Aston October-December 1882 |
"Although
without the services of their best centre forward, G. Tait (who, I
am sorry to say, is suffering with a severe illness), the
Excelsior managed to safely emerge from the first round of the
Walsall Cup competition, their opponents being Aston Unity....
"Since writing the
foregoing notes, the sad news has reached me that poor George Tait
is no more, he having expired from a severe attack of typhoid
fever early on Monday morning. This melancholy information will be
received by all who knew him with the greatest sorrow, for a more
kind-hearted good-natured fellow never existed. He has been a
brilliant centre forward player when in his best form, and has on
more than one occasion played a prominent part in the Birmingham
Football Association team. Unlike many other football exponents
who make a big name for themselves, he has always remained true to
his old club, the Excelsior, since its formation, and has stuck to
them through thick and thin. His sad death has left a vacancy in
the front rank of the Excelsior club, which will not easily be
replaced, and no one will more regret the departure of so old a
friend than
BRUM"
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Wednesday, 22 November 1882, Athletic News. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Kevin Powell & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Junior football
then Birmingham Excelsior FC; |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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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
seven who became the
81st players
(86) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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Only match |
No. 12, 26
February 1881, England 0 Wales 1, a friendly match at
East Lancashire Cricket Ground, Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn, aged
21 years
nk days. |
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Individual honours |
Birmingham &
District (one appearance, 1ᵍ March 1881) |
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Distinctions |
His untimely
death meant he was the fourth England player to die, and the youngest
to die (until 1958) and the second player from the 1881 team to do
so. |
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Beyond England |
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No further information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.242. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
minutes |
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captain |
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1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
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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1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
-1 |
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His only match was a friendly match played at a home
venue |
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