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5 hours ago, gary1961 said:

Hi

Just found this thread...very interesting. My particular interest is Watford players, so looking for any confirmation on -

 

Bernard Royden Evans  DOB 7.10.29  Debut 1951

Laurence Edward Adams  DOB 14.2.31  Debut 1952

Geoffrey Gordon Steiner  DOB 8.6.28  Debut 1952

 

One where I can add info is Tommy Carpenter. I made contact via his daughter 5 years ago when he was aged 90 and had suffered 2 strokes.

 

 

 

I expect Steiner and Evans are alive. Certainly Steiner due to his surname. If he has remained in England, then there is no record of him dying. 

I am going through the list with 1927,1928 and 1929 to go so if I see any changes, I'll advise. 

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Thanks for the information about Dewiss Brown and John Lavery

I thought Brown emigrated but found no reference

Lavery I did have a phone number

But he moved back to Ireland

2 others who died in Cana are James Ronald Mitchell before 2017

And William dunlop Reid probably after 1980.i cant find a year

Geoff Steiner married Madeleine spiers in Watford in 1955 but no trace of children or deaths of either so probably emigrated.still has relations in north London

Bernard Evan's still alive in Tonbridge 

His son Kevin also lives there

 

Michael 

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5 hours ago, michaelf said:

Thanks for the information about Dewiss Brown and John Lavery

I thought Brown emigrated but found no reference

Lavery I did have a phone number

But he moved back to Ireland

2 others who died in Cana are James Ronald Mitchell before 2017

And William dunlop Reid probably after 1980.i cant find a year

Geoff Steiner married Madeleine spiers in Watford in 1955 but no trace of children or deaths of either so probably emigrated.still has relations in north London

Bernard Evan's still alive in Tonbridge 

His son Kevin also lives there

 

Michael 

Hi Michael

Do you have any info on Geoff Steiner's relatives as would be happy to follow that up....

Cheers

Gary

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Hi Gary

I dont have a phone number but Leonard Steiner lives in  London n11 check 192.com

He has 2 other brothers Terence and Robert

Mothers maiden name Aberdeen all born near Hackney.

I'm trying to find Ken Williams  Watford 1947 .I need to know where he was born

There was a marriage in Watford about 1948 but dont know if that's the right person

 

Michael 

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Thanks Michael

 

Will see what I can find out on Geoff Steiner...

Ken Williams...yeah, that's a difficult one, I know the Watford guru, Trefor Jones, couldn't pin down any details on his dob

 

Will keep you posted

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Thanks Gary

Watford observer may have Ken Williams age or place of birth

 

Michael 

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Here ia a list of players born before 1926. where some are alive

THOMAS GRAHAM BAILEY alive in Truro age 100 address on 192.com

ALBERT BATEM AN ALIVE

REGINAL H BRESFORD alive in Walsall

Ron Brown born 1923 returned to Ireland

ERNEST BUTLER alive in Middlesbrough

DANIEL PATRICK CAMERON BORN 1923 returned to IRELAND

THOMAS CARPENTER alive

JOHN CARROLL born 1923

TREVOR CHURCHILL alive

ERIC DALE alive

THOMAS DOCHERTY born 1924 alive in Cambridge 

JAMES DONNELLY BORN 1919

PEADAR DOMNAL FALLON may have died in 2001 in LOUISBURGH.EIRE

JACK FINLAY BORN 1925 emigrated Melbournwe 1955

JOHN FISHER ALIVE

Daniel Flanagan born 1924

JOHN FOXTON ALIVE IN HANTS

JOHN GALLOWAY

JOHN GIBBONS ALIVE IN CHARLTON

ALBERT GILES ALIVE

DAVID GRAY ALIVE IN QUEENSBURY

ROBERT GARAY ALIVE GATESHEAD

PETER GREENWOOD ALIVE UPTON

ERIC HAMPSON ALIVE STOKE

EDWARD HARDING ALIVE GUILDFORD ?

REG HARRISON ALIVE DERBYSHIRE

REG HIPKIN ALIVE KENT ?

ALEX JACKSON BORN 1921 MAY BE ALIVE IN YORKSHIRE

ARNOL  JACKSON ALIVE MANCHESTER

HENRY JONES BORN 1918 HARTLEPOOL

JOHN MORRIS JONES  BORN 1924 ALIVE

JAMES PATRICK KELLY BORN 1925

MICHAEL J KELLY BORN 1920

ERYK KUBICKI ALIVE POLAND

JOHN MCBRIDE BORN 1923 EMUIGRATED ? USA

JOHN F NCCARTHY BORN 1922

EDWARD MCCREADIE WALSALL BORN 1924 ?

JOHN SUTHERLAND MCDONALD NOTTS COUNTY

EDWARD MARTIN BORN 1921 ALIVE IN ACCRINGTON ?

WILLIAM MELLOR BORN 1925

JAMES RONAL MITCHELL DIED IN TORONTO BEFORE 2017

TOM MORAN BORN 1924

JOE OLIVER ALIVE HEXHAM

WILLIAM ONEILL BORN 1919

JOHN O'SULLIVAN BORN 1922 probably died

SAM PARKER BORN 1924 ALIVE ?

WILLIAM PARKER brother of SAM alive

ALF PATRICK ALIVE

HENRY J POTTS BORN 1925 ALIVE

WILLIAM DUNLOP REID ? WIFE DIED IN VANCOUVER 1980

HERBERT ROBINSON BORN 1922

RAY RUFFETT ALIVE

ERIC SEARLE ALIVE

FREDERICK ARTHUR SHARPE EMIGRATED AUSTRALIA 1949

WILLIAM SIMPSON AGE 100 ALIVE ?

JAMES SMITH BORN 1/1/1920 WAS ALIVE 8 YEARS AGO IN BOLTON

GEORGE G STEWART MAY BE ALIVE IN PERTH AGE 99

HARRY SUTHERLAND DIED IN AUSTRALIA YEAR UNKNOWN

JAMES TAYLOR BORN 7TH APRIL 1925

JOHN TAYLOR BORN 24TH JUNE 1924

GEORGE THOMPSON BORN 5TH NOVEMBER 1913

JOHN TIGHE BORN 13TH MARCH 1923

JIHN VITTY ALIVE

SYD WARD ALIVE / born 1923

JOHN WATLING ALIVE

 KEN WHITE born 1922 alive

ERIC WILLIAMS BORN 10TH JULY 1921`

JOHN WILLIAMS BORN 21/11/1925 ALIVE IN WALES

FRANK WINTERS BORN 30TH OCTOBER 1923

VIVIAN WOODWARD EMIGRATED AUSTRALIALEN YOUNG BORN 1912 EMIGRATED AUSTRALIA

PLAYERS BELOW NO BIRTHDATE KNOWN

JAMES GRANT BRIGHTON  1947 SCOTS BORN ?

WILLIAM JOHNSTON BARROW 1947 BORN IN GREENOCK SCOTLAND

JACK PEAT WORKINGTON 1950S LIVED IN PAISLEY 1940S PLAYED IN SCOTLAND

ALEX SHAW CREWE 1946 SCOTTISH

KEN WILLIAMS WATFORD 1947

ROBERT WILSON WORKINGTON 1950S PLAYED FOR STIRLING BORN IN MOTHERWELL

 

Perhaps someone can help with some of these

 

Michael

HERBERT WILLIAMS born 19th june 1925 emigrated to canada

 

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8 hours ago, michaelf said:

Here ia a list of players born before 1926. where some are alive

Ron Brown born 1923 returned to Ireland

DANIEL PATRICK CAMERON BORN 1923 returned to IRELAND

JOHN CARROLL born 1923

JACK FINLAY BORN 1925 emigrated Melbournwe 1955

JOHN FISHER ALIVE

JOHN FOXTON ALIVE IN HANTS

JOHN GALLOWAY

JOHN GIBBONS ALIVE IN CHARLTON

ALBERT GILES ALIVE

EDWARD MCCREADIE WALSALL BORN 1924 ?

JOHN TIGHE BORN 13TH MARCH 1923

 ERIC WILLIAMS BORN 10TH JULY 1921`

 

 

8 hours ago, michaelf said:

PLAYERS BELOW NO BIRTHDATE KNOWN

JAMES GRANT BRIGHTON  1947 SCOTS BORN ?

WILLIAM JOHNSTON BARROW 1947 BORN IN GREENOCK SCOTLAND

JACK PEAT WORKINGTON 1950S LIVED IN PAISLEY 1940S PLAYED IN SCOTLAND

ALEX SHAW CREWE 1946 SCOTTISH

KEN WILLIAMS WATFORD 1947

ROBERT WILSON WORKINGTON 1950S PLAYED FOR STIRLING BORN IN MOTHERWELL

 

 

Michael, I've deleted the names above who are in the table on the first page. Don't forget Arthur Smith, born in 1915, ex Bury and Leicester who is the oldest player still alive.

 

I notice you don't include David Lindsay (1922) and Ambrose Wilson (1924) on your list above - do you believe them to be deceased?

 

Beresford, I thought was dead, but is very much alive and I'll add him back on - https://www.facebook.com/walsallswimclub/

 

Ron Brown died in 1968. Eddie McCreadie died last year.

Cameron is likely dead as Everton confirmed Thomas Gardner as their oldest player at his death in 2016, who was born after Cameron. https://princerupertstower.com/2016/11/07/everton-legend-thomas-gardner-passes-away-93/

 

I removed Carroll as West Ham confirmed Frank O'Farrell as their oldest player recently, same with Finlay and Leeds United and Galloway and Chelsea. Portsmouth were very specific about naming Maurice Leather as their oldest player and not Foxton, likewise Ipswich named Len Fletcher

as their oldest and not Johnny Gibbons. Same goes for Albert Giles and Bristol Rovers and John Tighe and West Brom and Eric Williams and Manchester City.

 

I'm aware clubs can (and have) made mistakes but there's very little evidence about some of these guys that they are still alive.

 

Jackie Fisher died in 2013 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Fisher_(footballer,_born_1925)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for the information.i will keep looking but at the moment places are closed

 

Michael 

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I just checked Jack Foxton but cant find him a Swindon football where are they now site says he is retired and living in Hampshire

But I cant find him but he could be in a home

No trace of death either

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Whereas he's not on this list.. yet, but James Smith http://www.stamford-bridge.com/player.php?id=510&surname=Smith&firstname=James is Chelsea 2nd oldest player behind Tommy Docherty. Worth mentioning that Irish legend Billy Bingham is Everton official oldest and they seem quite clued up about these things. 

https://mobile.twitter.com/RickGlanvill/status/1281522830455255041

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Hi Michael

Made contact with Geoff Steiner's brother and Geoff is alive and living in the Netherlands. Trying to find out more details.

Gary

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IHi I have nothing on Ambrose wilson I think he returned to Ireland

As to David Lindsay I found a birth in 1919 with the same birthdate and he died in 1987 in east kilbride 

But I will probably check this on a return visit to Edinburgh when I can

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IHi I have nothing on Ambrose wilson I think he returned to Ireland

As to David Lindsay I found a birth in 1919 with the same birthdate and he died in 1987 in east kilbride 

But I will probably check this on a return visit to Edinburgh when I can

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On ‎30‎/‎08‎/‎2020 at 12:22, michaelf said:

Here ia a list of players born before 1926. where some are alive

 

REG HARRISON ALIVE DERBYSHIRE

 

 

Reg Harrison dead: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8746983/The-oldest-living-FA-Cup-winner-Reg-Harrison-dies-aged-97-surrounded-family.html

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A little off topic, but I thought I'd drop this in here anyway in the hope that one of you may know, as this is your area.

Football manager Alan Rogers, from Southport. If still alive he'll be 96 in December.

Any knowledge of him still being around? I see he traveled to Tehran in 2006 with Frank O'Farrell and he was also given an award in 2013. Can't find anything from the last 7 years.

If alive, is it fair to say he's the oldest living English football manager at a professional level (even though all the teams he managed were international)?

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21 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

A little off topic, but I thought I'd drop this in here anyway in the hope that one of you may know, as this is your area.

Football manager Alan Rogers, from Southport. If still alive he'll be 96 in December.

Any knowledge of him still being around? I see he traveled to Tehran in 2006 with Frank O'Farrell and he was also given an award in 2013. Can't find anything from the last 7 years.

If alive, is it fair to say he's the oldest living English football manager at a professional level (even though all the teams he managed were international)?

 

He was still alive as recently as 2016. He's not in the GRO index from 2016-2019 so one has to presume that he is still going.

 

As for the oldest manager? I think so, I don't think any of the pre-1924 players alive (or maybe alive) ever managed.

 

Tony Collins (born 1926) is the oldest most obvious managerial name still alive that stands out. Docherty and O'Farrell too, of course, 

 

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