This is a comprehensive list of players who have died between
1946 and 1959 |
Plyr
No. |
Player
Club |
Birthdate |
Deathdate Place of death |
Playing Career |
Age |
294 |
Alf Common
Sheffield United, Middlesbrough |
25 May 1880 |
3 April 1946
Darlington |
1904-06 |
65 years 313 days |
197 |
Rupert Sandilands
Old Westminsters &
Corinthians |
7 August 1868 |
20 April 1946
Southampton |
1892-96 |
77 years 256 days |
278 |
Tom Baddeley
Wolverhampton
Wanderers |
31October 1874 |
24 September 1946
Stoke-on-Trent |
1903-04 |
71 years 328 days |
452 |
Bill Ashurst
Notts
County |
4 May 1894 |
26 January 1947
Bulwell |
1923-25 |
52 years 268 days |
446 |
Harry Jones
Nottingham
Forest |
24 May 1891 |
c.10 May 1947
Derby |
1923 |
55 years 350 days |
260 |
Bertie Banks
Millwall Athletic |
19 June 1874 |
27 April 1947
Smethwick |
1901 |
72 years 312 days |
317 |
Gordon Wright
Cambridge
University &
Corinthians |
3 October 1884 |
5 June 1947
Johannesburg, South Africa |
1906 |
62 years 245 days |
54 |
Percy Fairclough
Old Foresters |
1 February 1858 |
22 June 1947
Sevenoaks |
1878 |
89 years 141 days |
206 |
John Sutcliffe
Bolton
Wanderers,
Millwall Athletic |
12 April 1868 |
7 July 1947
Bradford |
1893-1903 |
79 years 86 days |
280 |
Harry Hadley
West Bromwich Albion |
26
October 1877 |
22 October 1947
Kingston-upon-Thames |
1903 |
69 years 361 days |
56 |
Henry
Wace
Wanderers & Clapham Rovers |
21 September 1853 |
5 November 1947
Bath |
1878-79 |
94 years 45 days |
527 |
Tom Wilson
Huddersfield Town |
16 April 1896 |
2 February
1948
Barnsley |
1928 |
51 years 292 days |
162 |
Frank Burton
Nottingham
Forest |
18 March 1865 |
10 February
1948
Orston Hall |
1889 |
82 years 329 days |
304 |
Jack Carr
Newcastle
United |
25 June 1878 |
17 March 1948
Newcastle upon Tyne |
1905-07 |
69 years 266 days |
511 |
George Brown
Huddersfield Town, Aston Villa |
22 June 1903 |
10 June
1948
Hall's Green |
1926-32 |
44 years 355 days |
209 |
Fred Spiksley
Wednesday |
25 January 1870 |
28 July
1948
Singleton |
1893-98 |
78 years 185 days |
366 |
George Elliott
Middlesbrough |
7 January 1889 |
27 November
1948
Middlesbrough |
1913-20 |
59 years 325 days |
112 |
William Bromley-Davenport
Oxford University,
Old Etonians
& Corinthians |
21 January 1862 |
6 February 1949
Macclesfield |
1884 |
87 years 16 days |
390 |
Tommy Clay
Tottenham
Hotspur |
19 November 1892 |
21 February 1949
Southend-on-Sea |
1920-22 |
56 years 94 days |
350 |
Billy
Hibbert
Bury |
21 September 1884 |
16 March 1949
Blackpool |
1910 |
64 years 176 days |
399 |
Thomas Downs
Everton |
13 August 1886 |
24 March 1949
Shildon |
1920 |
62 years 223 days |
343 |
Harold Halse
Manchester
United |
1 January 1886 |
25 March 1949
Colchester |
1909 |
63 years 83 days |
356 |
Kenneth Hunt
Leyton & Wolverhampton Wanderers |
24 February 1884 |
28 April 1949
Heathfield |
1911 |
65 years 63 days |
382 |
Fanny
Walden
Tottenham
Hotspur |
1 March 1888 |
3 May 1949
Northampton |
1914-22 |
61 years 63 days |
518 |
Sid Bishop
Leicester City |
10 February 1900 |
4 May 1949
Fulham |
1927 |
49 years 83 days |
299 |
Bernard Wilkinson
Sheffield
United |
12 March 1878 |
28 May 1949
Sheffield |
1904 |
71 years 77 days |
408 |
Harry Chambers
Liverpool |
17 November 1896 |
29 June 1949
Oakengates |
1921-23 |
52 years 224 days |
231 |
Bernard
Middleditch
Corinthians |
31 December 1871 |
3 October 1949
Rye |
1897 |
77 years 276 days |
210 |
Leslie Gay
Cambridge
University &
Old Brightonians
&
Corinthians |
24 March 1871 |
1 November 1949
Sidmouth |
1893-94 |
78 years 222 days |
488 |
Tommy Cook Brighton & Hove Albion |
5 January 1901 |
15 January 1950
Brighton |
1925 |
49 years 10 days |
256 |
John
Plant
Bury |
23 March 1871 |
19 January 1950
Bollington |
1900 |
78 years 302 days |
315 |
Sammy Day
Old Malvernians & Corinthians |
29 December 1878 |
21 February 1950
Chobham |
1906 |
71 years 54 days |
93 |
Robert King
Oxford University
& Upton Park |
4 April 1862 |
4 March 1950
Leigh-on-Sea |
1882 |
87 years 334 days |
156 |
Bill
Townley
Blackburn Rovers |
14 February 1866 |
30 May 1950
Blackpool |
1889-90 |
84 years 105 days |
435 |
David
Mercer
Sheffield United |
20 March 1893 |
3 June 1950
Newton Abbot |
1922-23 |
57 years 75 days |
177 |
George Cotterill
Cambridge
University &
Old Brightonians
&
Corinthians |
4 April 1868 |
1 October 1950
Llandaff |
1891-93 |
82 years 180 days |
530 |
Vince
Matthews
Sheffield United |
15 January 1896 |
15 November 1950
Oxford |
1928 |
54 years 304 days |
309 |
Herbert Smith
Reading |
22 November 1877 |
6
January 1951
Witney |
1905-06 |
73 years 45 days |
269 |
Fred Blackburn
Blackburn
Rovers |
20 July 1878 |
13
March 1951
Ilford |
1901-04 |
72 years 236 days |
430 |
Billy
Smith
Huddersfield
Town |
23 May 1895 |
13
April 1951
Doncaster |
1922-28 |
55 years 325 days |
554 |
Gordon Hodgson
Liverpool |
16 April 1904 |
14
June 1951
Burslem |
1930-31 |
47 years 59 days |
173 |
Harry Wood
Wolverhampton
Wanderers |
26 June 1868 |
5 July 1951
Portsmouth |
1890-96 |
83 years 10 days |
203 |
Robert Topham
Wolverhampton
Wanderers
&
Casuals & Corinthians |
3 November 1867 |
31
August 1951
Birchington |
1893-94 |
83 years 301 days |
92 |
Doctor Greenwood
Blackburn Rovers |
31 October 1860 |
3 November 1951 Buxton |
1882 |
91 years 3 days |
159 |
Charlie Wreford-Brown
Oxford
University &
Old Carthusians
&
Corinthians |
9 October 1866 |
26 November 1951
Paddington |
1889-98 |
85 years 48 days |
387 |
Bobby
Turnbull
Bradford |
17 December 1895 |
18 March 1952
Middlesbrough |
1919 |
56 years 92 days |
418 |
Archie Rawlings
Preston North End |
2 October 1891 |
11 June 1952
Preston |
1921 |
60 years 253 days |
213 |
Harry Chippendale
Blackburn
Rovers |
2 October 1870 |
29 September 1952
Darwen |
1894 |
81 years 361 days |
369 |
Hugh
Moffat
Oldham Athletic |
24
January 1885 |
14 November 1952
Congleton |
1913 |
67 years 295 days |
242 |
Jack Hillman
Burnley |
30 November 1870 |
16 December 1952
Burnley |
1899 |
82 years 16 days |
318 |
Harry
Makepeace Everton |
22 August 1881 |
19 December 1952
Bebington |
1906-12 |
71 years 119 days |
461 |
Harold Pantling Sheffield
United |
16 May 1891 |
21 December 1952
Sheffield |
1923 |
61 years 219 days |
472 |
Charlie Spencer Newcastle United |
4 December 1899 |
9 February 1953
York |
1924 |
53 years 67 days |
337 |
Arthur Berry Oxford
University |
3 January 1888 |
15 March 1953
Liverpool |
1909 |
65 years 71 days |
422 |
Tommy Lucas
Liverpool |
22 September 1895 |
11 December 1953
Aylesbury |
1921-26 |
58 years 80 days |
283 |
Vivian Woodward Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea |
3 June 1879 |
31 January 1954
Ealing |
1903-11 |
74 years 269 days |
211 |
Joe Reader West
Bromwich Albion |
27 February 1866 |
8 March 1954
West Bromwich |
1894 |
88 years 9 days |
244 |
Jimmy Settle Bury,
Everton |
5 September
1875 |
1 June 1954
Bolton |
1899-1903 |
78 years 269 days |
133 |
George Brann Swifts & Corinthians |
23 April 1865 |
14 June 1954
Surbiton Hill |
1886-91 |
89 years 52 days |
374 |
Joe Hodkinson Blackburn Rovers |
3 May 1889 |
18 June 1954
Lancaster |
1913-19 |
65 years 46 days |
538 |
Ernie Hart Leeds United |
3 January 1902 |
21 July 1954
Leeds |
1928-34 |
52 years 199 days |
311 |
Arthur Bridgett Sunderland |
11 October 1882 |
26 July 1954
Newcastle-under-Lyme |
1905-09 |
71 years 289 days |
169 |
Fred Geary Everton |
23 January 1868 |
8 January 1955
Great Crosby |
1890-91 |
86 years 350 days |
358 |
Tom Brittleton The
Wednesday |
23 April 1882 |
22 February 1955
Winsford |
1912-14 |
72 years 305 days |
526 |
Alf Baker Arsenal |
27 April 1898 |
1 April 1955 Bromley |
1927 |
56 years 339 days |
327 |
Irvine
Thornley Manchester City |
11 October 1883 |
24 April 1955
South Shields |
1907 |
71 years 195 days |
306 |
Dicky Bond Preston North End, Bradford City |
14 December 1883 |
25 April 1955
Preston |
1905-10 |
71 years 132 days |
534 |
Jack Hacking Oldham Athletic |
22 December 1897 |
31 May 1955 Accrington |
1928-29 |
57 years 135 days |
347 |
Billy Bradshaw Blackburn Rovers |
3 April 1884 |
June 1955
Blackburn |
1910-13 |
71 years 59-67 days |
339 |
Bert Freeman Everton, Burnley |
13 October 1885 |
11 August 1955
Birmingham |
1909-12 |
69 years 302 days |
341 |
Harold Fleming Swindon
Town |
30 April 1887 |
23 August 1955
Swindon |
1909-14 |
68 years 115 days |
375 |
Billy
Watson Burnley |
11 September 1890 |
1 September 1955
Southport |
1913-19 |
64 years 355 days |
149 |
Charlie
Shelton Notts
Rangers |
22 January 1864 |
18 September 1955
Melton Mowbray |
1888 |
91 years 259 days |
514 |
Billy Pease Middlesbrough |
30 September 1899 |
2 October 1955
Redcar |
1927 |
56 years 3 days |
261 |
Jack Cox Liverpool |
21 December 1877 |
11 November 1955
Walton-on-Thames |
1901-03 |
77 years 325 days |
148 |
Bob Holmes Preston North End |
23
June 1867 |
16 November 1955
Preston |
1888-95 |
88 years 146 days |
384 |
Arthur Knight Portsmouth |
7 September 1887 |
10 March 1956
Milton |
1919 |
68 years 185 days |
268 |
James Iremonger Nottingham
Forest |
5 March 1876 |
25 March 1956
West Bridgford |
1901-02 |
80 years 20 days |
225 |
Gerard Dewhurst Liverpool
Ramblers &
Corinthians |
14 February 1872 |
29 March 1956
Llandegla |
1895 |
84 years 44 days |
380 |
Bobby
McNeal West Bromwich Albion |
15 January 1891 |
15 May 1956
West Bromwich |
1914 |
65 years 121 days |
383 |
Joe
Smith West Bromwich Albion |
10 April 1890 |
9 June 1956
Wolverhampton |
1919-22 |
66 years 60 days |
257 |
Charlie Fry Southampton &
Corinthians |
25 April 1872 |
7 September 1956
Barnet |
1901 |
84 years 135 days |
155 |
Jack
Southworth Blackburn
Rovers |
29 December 1866 |
16 October 1956
Liverpool |
1889-92 |
89 years 292 days |
308 |
Harry Linacre Nottingham Forest |
26 March
1881 |
11 May 1957
Nottingham |
1905 |
76 years 46 days |
185 |
Jack Cox Derby
County |
21 October
1867 |
10 June 1957
Toronto |
1892 |
89 years 232 days |
475 |
George Blackburn Aston
Villa |
18 March 1899 |
3 July 1957
Birmingham |
1924 |
58 years 117 days |
344 |
Bert
Morley Notts County |
8 October 1882 |
16 July 1957
Skegness |
1910 |
74 years 281 days |
352 |
Albert Sturgess Sheffield
United |
21 October 1882 |
16 July 1957
Sheffield |
1911-14 |
74 years 268 days |
132 |
Thelwell Pike Brentwood
& Cambridge University &
Old Malvernians & Corinthians |
17 November 1866 |
21 July 1957
Margate |
1885 |
90 years 246 days |
556 |
Harry Burgess Sheffield Wednesday |
20 August 1904 |
6 October 1957
Wilmslow |
1930-31 |
53 years 47 days |
348 |
Bert Hall Aston
Villa |
21 January 1882 |
17 October 1957
Kidderminster |
1910 |
75 years 269 days |
291 |
Bert Lee Southampton |
19
August 1879 |
14 January 1958
Southampton |
1904 |
78 years 148 days |
336 |
Joe Cottle Bristol
City |
4 June 1886 |
3
February 1958
Bristol |
1909 |
71 years 244 days |
719 |
Tommy Taylor Manchester
United |
29 January 1932 |
6
February 1958
München |
1953-57 |
26 years 8 days |
728 |
Roger Byrne Manchester
United |
8 September 1929 |
1954-57 |
28 years 151 days |
760 |
David Pegg Manchester
United |
20 September 1935 |
1957 |
22 years 139 days |
655 |
Frank Swift Manchester
City |
26 December 1913 |
1946-49 |
44 years 42 days |
328 |
Jimmy
Stewart The Wednesday, Newcastle United |
15 January 1883 |
17
February 1958
Fenham |
1907-11 |
75 years 33 days |
745 |
Duncan Edwards Manchester
United |
1 October 1936 |
21
February 1958
München |
1955-57 |
21 years 143 days |
239 |
Ben Garfield West
Bromwich Albion |
21 May 1871 |
spring 1958
Manchester |
1898 |
86 years 315 days- 87 years 40 days |
402 |
Bert Coleman Dulwich Hamlet |
19 October 1889 |
15 June 1958
Bromley |
1921 |
68 years 239 days |
434 |
Jack Harrow Chelsea |
8 October 1888 |
19 July 1958
Croydon |
1922-23 |
69 years 284 days |
470 |
David Jack Bolton Wanderers, Arsenal |
3 April 1898 |
10
September 1958
Lambeth |
1924-32 |
60 years 160 days |
353 |
Jock
Simpson Blackburn
Rovers |
25 December 1885 |
4 January 1959
Falkirk |
1911-14 |
73 years 10 days |
345 |
Arthur Cowell Blackburn
Rovers |
12 May 1886 |
12 February 1959
Blackburn |
1910 |
72 years 276 days |
407 |
Tom Bromilow Liverpool |
7 October 1894 |
4 March 1959
Nuneaton |
1921-25 |
64 years 148 days |
284 |
Arthur Lockett Stoke |
11
March 1877 |
5 March 1959
Tooting |
1903 |
81 years 359 days |
613 |
Bill
Richardson West Bromwich Albion |
29 May 1909 |
29 March 1959
Birmingham |
1935 |
49 years 304 days |
749 |
Jeff Hall Birmingham City |
7 September 1929 |
4 April 1959
Bordesley Green |
1955-57 |
29 years 209 days |
288 |
Percy Humphreys Notts
County |
3
December 1880 |
13 April 1959
Stepney |
1903 |
78 years 131 days |
445 |
Jack Alderson Crystal Palace |
23 November 1890 |
2 July 1959
Dewsbury |
1923 |
68 years 221 days |
502 |
Ted Harper Blackburn
Rovers |
22 August 1901 |
22 July 1959
Blackburn |
1926 |
57 years 334 days |
258 |
William Jones Bristol
City |
6
March 1876 |
25 September 1959
Bristol |
1901 |
83 years 203 days |
443 |
Jack Tresadern West Ham United |
26 September 1892 |
26 September 1959
Tonbridge |
1923 |
67 years 0 days |
516 |
Louis Page Burnley |
27 March 1899 |
11 October 1959
Birkenhead |
1927 |
60 years 198 days |
416 |
Albert Read Tufnell Park |
30 March 1893 |
26 October 1959
New Cross |
1921 |
66 years 210 days |
342 |
George Richards Derby
County |
10 May 1880 |
1 November 1959
Derby |
1909 |
79 years 175 days |