IN MEMORY OF...
...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY
January 30
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2011 Aged 82 |
Norman UPRICHARD Town sold the Irish international keeper for 12 times what they had paid for him in 1949. He ran a bar at Queens University in Belfast for many years before retiring to Hastings. |
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1993 Aged 73 |
Alf STEPHENS One of the Stephens twins, Alf moved to Southern League Dartford. He later returned to his native Tyneside to live at Whitley Bay. |
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1983 Aged 87 |
Wally DICKINSON With Town for seven seasons, Wally retired in 1930 and was later sub-postmaster at Rodbourne Cheney. |
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1974 Aged 91 |
Jimmy HOGAN Seven goals in the space of four days in his first two home games in 1908/09 did not go unnoticed and Jimmy swiftly moved on. He was later relieved of his duties as manager of Fulham, due to 'ill-health', in 1935 - but lived another 40 years ! |
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1968 Aged 93 |
Wally PRICE A solicitor by profession, Wally - real name William - had moved to Leicester by 1901. He died in a nursing home on the outskirts of the city, at Syston. |
Full career history for these and every other STFC player can be found in the new book SWINDON TOWN: THE REGISTER 1895-2015 - available now from our ON LINE SHOP