IN MEMORY OF...
...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY
February 4
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2013
Aged 50 |
Mickey RUSTELL
A former apprentice, Mickey turned pro on his 18th birthday in September 1980 but did not get a first team opportunity while at the County Ground. Somerset-born, near Frome, he was killed in a road accident on the Warminster by-pass. |
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2002
Aged 85 |
Bert HEAD
Town manager from 1956 to 1965, Bert continued to scout for the club for many years in search of the kind of young talent that had served him well at the County Ground. |
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1937
Aged 75 |
Billy ROSE
The Brummie kept goal in 1883/84, the first season the club was known as Swindon Town. He also played for England while with the club - the only man apart from Harold Fleming to do so. He retired in 1896. |
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