Eddie Boot
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edmund Boot | ||
Date of birth | 13 October 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Laughton Common, England | ||
Date of death | 1999 (aged 83–84) | ||
Position(s) | Left half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Aughton | ||
– | Denaby United | ||
1934–1937 | Sheffield United | 41 | (0) |
1937–1952 | Huddersfield Town | 305 | (5) |
Managerial career | |||
1960–1964 | Huddersfield Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edmund "Eddie" Boot (13 October 1915 – 1999) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a left half for Sheffield United and Huddersfield Town.[1][2] He went on to become manager of Huddersfield Town.[3]
Boot was born in Laughton Common, near Rotherham. He played non-league football for Aughton and Denaby United[1] before joining Sheffield United in 1934.[3] He played 41 matches for the club in the Second Division,[1] then in 1937 signed for First Division club Huddersfield Town. He appeared in the 1938 FA Cup Final,[3] captained the side in the post-war period, and played 305 games for Huddersfield, all in the First Division, before retiring as a player in 1952. He then joined the coaching staff at the club, and in 1960 was appointed manager, a post which he held for four years. Boot died in 1999.[2]
References
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- 1915 births
- 1999 deaths
- English footballers
- Denaby United F.C. players
- Association football defenders
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
- The Football League players
- English football managers
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. managers
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. non-playing staff
- English football defender, 1910s birth stubs