Ted Winship

Ted Winship
Personal information
Full name Edward Winship[1]
Date of birth 1900
Place of birth Prudhoe, England
Date of death November 1929 (aged 2829)
Place of death London, England
Playing position Left back
Youth career
Prudhoe Castle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
Prudhoe Castle
1922–1924 Coventry City 79
Kidderminster Harriers
1926–1929 Brentford 86 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Edward "Ted" Winship was an English professional football left back who appeared in the Football League for Brentford and Coventry City.[1]

Personal life

Winship was struck down with yellow jaundice in June 1929 and failed to recover, passing away five months later.[1] At the time of his death, he and his family lived around the corner from Brentford's Griffin Park ground and the club's directors donated the proceeds from a reserve team match to his widow and children.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 171. ISBN 978-0955294914.
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