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IN MEMORY OF...

...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY

March 22

2013
Aged 75

Freddie JONES
A Welsh under-23 winger, Freddie spent just six months at the County Ground before joining Grimsby in a swap deal that saw Ralph Hunt arrive at the club.

2004
Aged 85

Danny WINTER
One of many Bolton players to guest for Town during the last War, full-back Danny did so at Plymouth in February 1940.

1943
Aged 62

Archie LING
Archie - real name Arthur - missed few games during his four-year stay at the County Ground from 1905 to 1909. After retiring as a player, he worked as a sports goods manufacturer in west London.

1914
Aged 40

Billy SMITH
Although Billy spent more than half of his career with Hibs, he was a Glaswegian. He shared digs in Swindon with two of the backroom staff, George Cutts and Jim Edmunds. Having returned to his home city, he was working on the Clyde as a ship's stoker when he caught a cold and died from pneumonia.

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