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IN MEMORY OF...

...THOSE TOWN SERVANTS WHO DIED ON THIS DAY

January 21

1971
Aged 76

Harry O'NEILL
A reserve full-back, Harry totalled less than 30 League appearances during his five-year stay at the County Ground. He later ran a pub in Fleet Street before emigrating to Australia in 1948.

1959
Aged 81

Alf DEAN
A 'journeyman' winger, Alf was only 5'5". He spent just one season at Swindon, in 1905/06, but he was still playing in 1920.

1938
Aged 63

Cliff HAMLIN
One of the Bridgwater-born twins, Cliff later joined Wantage Town. His brother Sid - who played alongside him in one Southern League fixture - outlived him by just ten months.

1908
Aged 34

Alec SMITH
Signed in the summer of 1898, Alec was made club captain just six months later, when his fellow Scot Jimmy Munro died. Alec returned to Third Lanark in 1900. Outside of football, he bought and sold eggs, being a supplier to his father who ran a grocers shop. He died from pneumonia.

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