Watty Corbett
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| Gold medal – first place | 1908 London | Team competition |
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Walter Samuel Corbett (26 November 1880 – 23 November 1960), nicknamed "Watty", was an English footballer and member of the United Kingdom team[1] which won the gold medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]
Corbett, born in Wellington, Shropshire and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham,[2] arrived from Bournbrook FC to play for Aston Villa from 1904–05 to 1906–07 making 13 appearances before moving on to Birmingham.[3] There, full back Corbett played 12 times in his first season.[4]
In 1908 he was a member of the full England squad who toured Europe for the first time, making three appearances in the space of seven days against Austria, Hungary and Bohemia; all three matches resulted in comfortable victories for England.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ The Olympic Games of 1908, DESBOROUGH, The Times, 22 June 1908
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- ^ AVFC.co.uk Watty Corbett
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External links
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- Watty Corbett at EnglandFootballOnline.com
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- 1880 births
- 1955 deaths
- Footballers from Wellington, Shropshire
- English men's footballers
- England men's international footballers
- England men's amateur international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Great Britain
- Men's association football full-backs
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- English Olympic competitors
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- English football defender, 1880s birth stubs
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