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IN MEMORY OF...

...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY

December 27

1982
Aged 70

Sid LOWRY
Sid only had four full seasons in League football, but he was top scorer for his club in three of them ! He achieved that feat twice with Swansea Town and then a third time when with Swindon - in 1935/36. After leaving the game, Sid became a caretaker at Leicester University.

1958
Aged 80

George WOLFE
Defender George spent two years at the County Ground, from 1903 to 1905. He then spent six seasons at Forest before returning to his roots in north Kent. Originally from Plumstead, George was later a hotel manager in Dartford.

1958
Aged 59

Will COCKBURN
A burly six-footer from County Durham, Will ended his ten-year League career with Town, arriving in June 1930. He later ran a hotel at Broad Green in Liverpool.

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