Eddie Edmonds
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred John Edmonds[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1902[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Brighton,[1] England | ||
| Date of death | 25 March 1942 (aged 39)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Bury, Lancashire,[2] England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Utility player | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Vernon Athletic | |||
| Allen West | |||
| 1925–1929 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | (0) |
| 1929–1932 | Clapton Orient | 89 | (18) |
| 1932–1934 | Bury | 13 | (0) |
| 1934–1935 | Mansfield Town | 33 | (4) |
| Manchester North End | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alfred John Edmonds (16 October 1902 – 25 March 1942), known as Alf or Eddie Edmonds, was an English professional footballer who played in a variety of positions in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion, Clapton Orient, Bury and Mansfield Town.[1][2][3]
Edmonds retired from full-time football in 1935 to become a publican, but continued to play on a part-time basis for Manchester North End. He killed himself with gas in Bury, Lancashire, in 1942 at the age of 39.[2][4]
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Categories:
- 1902 births
- 1942 deaths
- Footballers from Brighton
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football utility players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- Manchester North End F.C. players
- English Football League players
- British publicans
- Suicides by gas
- Suicides in England
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football midfielder, 1900s birth stubs