Edwin Blunt

Edwin Blunt

Personal information
Full name	Edwin Blunt[1]
Date of birth	21 May 1918[1]
Place of birth	Brindley Ford, Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death	20 September 1993 (aged 75)[1]
Place of death	Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Playing position	Half-back / Inside-forward
Youth career
	Lichfield City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1937	Port Vale	0	(0)
1937–1949	Northampton Town	87	(2)
1949–1950	Accrington Stanley	9	(1)
Total		96	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Edwin Blunt (21 May 1918 – 20 September 1993) was an English footballer who played for Northampton Town and Accrington Stanley either side of World War II.

Playing career

Blunt played for Lichfield City before joining Port Vale as an amateur in March 1937; he left The Old Recreation Ground without playing a first team game in May 1937.^[1] He moved on to Northampton Town, but returned to Vale as a wartime guest in November 1939.^[1] He scored one goal in his ten appearances and departed when the club went into abeyance in 1940.^[1] He stayed in the area and guested for Wrexham, Stoke City (scoring 7 goals in 29 games) and Crewe Alexandra, before returning to Vale in August 1944.^[1] He played six games before moving on in October 1944 to guest for Bury, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Stafford Rangers, heading back to Northampton at the war's end.^[1]

He made 87 appearances during his twelve years at Northampton, though those years did span the entire war, limiting his opportunities to play drastically. He helped the "Cobblers" to finish 13th in the Third Division South in 1946–47, and then 14th in 1947–48 and 20th in 1948–49. He then departed the County Ground and moved on to Accrington Stanley. He scored once in nine Third Division North games in 1949–50, and then left Peel Park and retired from professional football.

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 33. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.