Eddie Boot
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Edmund Boot |
| Date of birth |
13 October 1915(1915-10-13) |
| Place of birth |
Laughton Common, England |
| Date of death |
1999 (aged 83–84) |
| Playing position |
Left half |
| Senior career* |
| Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
| – |
Aughton |
|
|
| – |
Denaby United |
|
|
| 1934–1937 |
Sheffield United |
41 |
(0) |
| 1937–1952 |
Huddersfield Town |
305 |
(5) |
| Teams managed |
| 1960–1964 |
Huddersfield Town |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
|
Edmund "Eddie" Boot (13 October 1915–1999) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a left half for Sheffield United and Huddersfield Town.[1][2] He went on to become manager of Huddersfield Town.[3]
Boot was born in Laughton Common, near Rotherham. He played non-league football for Aughton and Denaby United[1] before joining Sheffield United in 1934.[3] He played 41 matches for the club in the Second Division,[1] then in 1937 signed for First Division club Huddersfield Town. He appeared in the 1938 FA Cup Final,[3] captained the side in the post-war period, and played 305 games for Huddersfield, all in the First Division, before retiring as a player in 1952. He then joined the coaching staff at the club, and in 1960 was appointed manager, a post which he held for four years. Boot died in 1999.[2]
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