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IN MEMORY OF...

...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY

March 23

1975
Aged 87

Jack ING
Jack - real name Alfred - retired at the age of 39 in May 1927 after 14 years at the County Ground. Originally working for a boat builder on the Thames prior to moving to Swindon, Jack then joined the Great Western Railway as a coach painter.

1971
Aged 69

Ralph VIGGARS
Reserve half-back Ralph signed for Town in January 1928, spending two and a half seasons at the County Ground. He later moved to Hayes in west London, where he was employed with the GWR as a crane driver.

1944
Aged 58

Jack MORRISON
A reserve wing-half, Jack made only three League appearances for the club. In 1913, he returned to his home town club at Jarrow, where he worked as a plater in the shipyard until his death from acute pneumonia.

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