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IN MEMORY OF...

...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY

October 11

1994
Aged 55

Kevin MORRIS
Kevin was initially signed by Bert Head in May 1957 as an amateur wing-half, before being handed a pro contract in August of the following year. Small in stature and blind in one eye, after one season in the reserves Kevin was consigned to Town's third team until joining Trowbridge in 1961. He returned to the County Ground in 1970 as part of the backroom staff and was club physio until his sad passing only a week after his 55th birthday.

1988
Aged 66

Ted HINTON
An Ulsterman, Ted kept goal in a 0-5 defeat at Reading in February 1946. He returned to Northern Ireland in 1952.

1959
Aged 60

Louis PAGE
A double England internaional - at football and baseball - Louis was Town's first post-War manager, staying at the County Ground for eight years.

1917
Aged 31

Albert MILTON
Albert was a regular with Sunderland for four seasons before joining Town in May 1914. A bombardier in the Royal Field Artillery, he was 'killed in action' in Belgium.

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