Winship while with Brentford in 1926. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Winship | ||
Date of birth | 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Prudhoe, England | ||
Date of death | 19 October 1929 (aged 27–28) | ||
Place of death | Brentford, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–1921 | Prudhoe Castle | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1920–1921 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
1921–1922 | Prudhoe Castle | ||
1922–1925 | Coventry City | 79 | (0) |
1925–1926 | Kidderminster Harriers | ||
1926–1929 | Brentford | 86 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edward Winship (1901 – 19 October 1929) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford and Coventry City as a full back.
Career
As a youth, Winship played for Northern Alliance club Prudhoe Castle. At age 19, he was signed by Second Division club Crystal Palace, but failed to make a senior appearance. He returned to Prudhoe Castle and moved back to the Second Division to join Coventry City in 1922. After making 84 appearances, he dropped back into non-League football with Birmingham & District League club Kidderminster Harriers in 1925, before returning to the Football League to join Third Division South club Brentford in August 1926, where he played the next three seasons.
Illness and death
Winship was struck down with yellow jaundice and kidney problems in June 1929, but failed to recover and died five months later in Brentford Hospital. 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 Sarah and children. A week after his death, Brentford faced Norwich City at Griffin Park and prior to kick off, the 15,000 crowd stood in silence while a band played 'Abide with Me'. Winship was buried in Coventry after a service at St George's Church, Brentford.
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Coventry City | 1922–23 | Second Division | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
1923–24 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
1924–25 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Total | 79 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 84 | 0 | ||
Brentford | 1926–27 | Third Division South | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
1927–28 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
1928–29 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
Total | 86 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 92 | 0 | ||
Career Total | 165 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 176 | 0 |
References
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 316. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "Death of Brentford Player". Portsmouth Evening News. 21 October 1929. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
Edward Winship, the Brentford full-back, who was formerly with Coventry City, died in Brentford Hospital on Saturday night.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 127. ISBN 0951526200.
- "Sporting Items". Hull Daily Mail. 28 April 1921. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- "Winship Teddy Coventry City 1922". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Edward Winship". 11v11.com. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- "Trotted Around". Derby Daily Telegraph. 24 December 1926. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 171. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- "Sporting Items". Nottingham Evening Post. 25 July 1929. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ White 1989, p. 369-370.
- 1901 births
- 1929 deaths
- People from Prudhoe
- Footballers from Northumberland
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Prudhoe Castle F.C. players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- English Football League players
- 20th-century English sportsmen