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IN MEMORY OF...

...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY

March 16

2001
Aged 79

Eddie PAINTER
Eddie joined Town as a 17 year old in 1938, but lost five years of his League career to the War. He left the County Ground in 1952 for a spell with Southern League Bedford Town, but later returned to coach a team of US Air Force servicemen. One of the first League players to wear contact lenses.

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