IN MEMORY OF...
...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY
March 22
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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