Angus Seed

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Angus Seed
Personal information
Full name Angus Cameron Seed[1]
Date of birth (1893-02-06)6 February 1893
Place of birth Lanchester, England
Date of death 7 February 1953(1953-02-07) (aged 60)[2]
Place of death Barnsley, England[2]
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Whitburn
South Shields
1913 Everton 0 (0)
1914 Leicester Fosse 3 (0)
1914 Reading
1919 St Bernard's 1 (0)
1919– Mid Rhondda
0000–1923 Ebbw Vale
1922–1923 Broxburn United 32 (0)
Workington
Teams managed
Workington
1927–1937 Aldershot
1937–1953 Barnsley
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Angus Cameron Seed MM (6 February 1893 – 7 February 1953) was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his 16 years as manager of Barnsley in the Football League.[3] He had a long playing career as a right back in non-League football and after retiring,[1] he was Aldershot's first-ever manager and worked as a scout for Charlton Athletic.[4][5]

Personal life[]

Seed's younger brother Jimmy was also a professional footballer, who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Sheffield Wednesday and England.[6] Angus Seed served in the 2nd and 17th Battalions of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[7] On the night of 1–2 June 1916, he won the Military Medal for his actions as a stretcher bearer on Vimy Ridge,[8] dragging wounded men back to the British dugouts under heavy fire.[6] One of the men Seed dragged back, former Arsenal assistant trainer Tom Ratcliff, later became Seed's trainer at Barnsley.[9] Later in June 1916, Seed received a shrapnel wound in the right hip,[10] which eventually caused him to retire from football.[2] He died of chronic bronchitis at Kendray Hospital in Barnsley on 7 February 1953.[2]

Honours[]

Aldershot

Barnsley

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester Fosse 1913–14[11] Second Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
St Bernard's 1919–20[12] Central League 1 0 0 0 1 0
Broxburn United 1922–23[12] Scottish Second Division 32 0 1 0 33 0
Career total 36 0 1 0 37 0

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 259. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d O'Kane, Doug. "Comment: No real excuses for Barnsley's dismal run, unlike in 1953". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Angus Seed". League Managers Association. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Manager Issue 22". www.themanager-magazine.com. p. 18. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Sam Bartram: Eternal showman". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Hutchinson, John. "Leicester Fosse and the First World War: Part 10". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Angus Cameron Seed | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  8. ^ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 163. ISBN 978-0857330772.
  9. ^ Phillips, Owen; Aloia, Andrew. "The Last Pass". BBC News. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  10. ^ Riddoch & Kemp 2010, p. 106.
  11. ^ "Angus Seed | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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