Edmund Eyre

Edmund Eyre (23 December 1882 – 1972), also known by the nickname of Ninty Eyre,[4][5] was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left. He spent much of his playing career in the First Division of the Football League with Birmingham, Aston Villa and Middlesbrough.

For the dramatist, see Edmund John Eyre. For the Irish politician, see Edmund W. Eyre.

Edmund Eyre
Personal information
Full name Edmund Eyre
Date of birth (1882-12-23)23 December 1882[1][2]
Place of birth Worksop, England
Date of death 1972 (1973) (aged 89)
Place of death Worksop, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Worksop West End
Worksop Town
Rotherham Town
1907–1908 Birmingham 48 (12)
1908–1911 Aston Villa 44 (8)
1911–1914 Middlesbrough 63 (13)
1914–1919 Birmingham 29 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Eyre was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. He was a pacy winger and good crosser of the ball who scored freely for home-town clubs Worksop West End and Midland League Worksop Town and then for Rotherham Town, also in the Midland League.[4] Eyre moved into the Football League with Birmingham in 1907, finishing his first full season as leading scorer, though with only nine goals for a struggling side who were relegated from the First Division. After scoring four goals in 15 games in the Second Division,[6] he returned to the top flight with Aston Villa.[5] In 1909–10 he contributed to Aston Villa's sixth Football League championship. The following year he moved on to Middlesbrough, returning to Birmingham in April 1914. He retired from football in 1919,[4] and died in Worksop in 1972 aged 89.[1][2]

Honours

Aston Villa

References

General

  • Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  • "Football Club History Database". Richard Rundle. Retrieved 7 September 2007.

Specific

  1. "Edmund Eyre". England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007. Retrieved 22 May 2021 – via Ancestry.com.
  2. "Player search: Eyre, E (Edmund)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. Old Blue (29 August 1914). "The 1914–15 season at hand". Sports Argus. Birmingham. p. 1.
  4. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  5. "Eyre, Edmund "Ninty"". Aston Villa Players Database. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  6. Matthews, pp. 153–155.
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