Max Seeburg
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Max Paul Seeburg | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Leipzig, Germany | ||
| Date of death |
1972 (aged 87–88) | ||
| Place of death | Reading, England | ||
| Playing position | Right half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1906–1908 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 1908–1909 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | (0) |
| 1909–1910 | Leyton | ? | (?) |
| 1910–1911 | Burnley | 17 | (0) |
| 1911 | Grimsby Town | 20 | (0) |
| 1911–1912 | Reading | ? | (?) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Max Seeburg (19 September 1884 – 1972) was a German footballer who played in England for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur,[1] Burnley, Grimsby Town and Reading between 1907 and 1914.[2] Seeburg became the first European-born foreigner to play in England.[3]
Biography
Born in Leipzig, Seeburg moved to London in 1886, at the age of two. His first professional club was Chelsea, who he joined in 1906. He did not play a competitive match for the West London side, and two years later moved across the city to join Tottenham Hotspur. Seeburg's first and only league match for Tottenham was on 26 September 1908, in a 1-0 away defeat to Hull City in the Second Division. He moved to Leyton in the following month.[4]
After a season at amateurs Leyton, Seeburg left London and spent the 1910-11 season back in the Second Division with Burnley. After a spell at Grimsby Town later that year, he joined Reading, where he retired in 1912.
Seeburg died in Reading in 1972.[5][6]
References
- ↑ A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players Retrieved 28 March 2009
- ↑ Hunter Davies (2006-09-18). "Argie invaders". New Statesman. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ↑ Glenn Moore (2005-02-16). "Graham fears multi-national squads will undermine England". The Independent. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ↑ http://www.11v11.com/matches/hull-city-v-tottenham-hotspur-26-september-1908-203791/
- ↑ Sean Ingle (2002-04-18). "The great armchair audience debate". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 234. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.