Angus Seed
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Angus Cameron Seed[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Lanchester, England | ||
| Date of death | 7 February 1953 (aged 60)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Barnsley, England[2] | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Whitburn | |||
| South Shields | |||
| Seaham Harbour | |||
| 1913 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
| 1914 | Leicester Fosse | 3 | (0) |
| Reading | |||
| St Bernard's | |||
| Mid Rhondda | |||
| Ebbw Vale | |||
| Broxburn United | |||
| Workington | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 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 football right back, best remembered for his 16 years as manager of Barnsley in the Football League.[3] He had a long playing career in non-league football and after retiring,[1] 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 footballer.[6] Seed fought with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[6] On the night of 1–2 June 1916, he won the Military Medal for his actions as a stretcher bearer on Vimy Ridge,[7] dragging wounded men back to the British dugouts under heavy fire.[6] Later in June 1916, Seed received a shrapnel wound in the right hip,[8] 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
References
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 259. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 3 4 "Comment: No real excuses for Barnsley's dismal run, unlike in 1953 - Barnsley Sport from the Barnsley Chronicle". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
- 1 2 "League Managers Association - ANGUS SEED". www.leaguemanagers.com. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
- 1 2 "The Manager Issue 22". www.themanager-magazine.com. p. 18. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
- ↑ "Sam Bartram: Eternal showman". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
- 1 2 3 "Leicester Fosse and the First World War: Part 10". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Riddoch & Kemp 2010, p. 106.