Henry Almond
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henry John Almond | ||
| Date of birth | 1850 | ||
| Place of birth | Westminster, England | ||
| Date of death | 1910 | ||
| Place of death | At Sea, Unknown | ||
| Playing position | Centre-forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1863–1868 | Charterhouse School | ||
| 1868–1869 | Stoke | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Henry Almond (1850 — 1910) helped form Stoke (City) Football Club in 1868. The son of William Almond of Westminster, he played for his ‘House’ team, Gownboys, at Charterhouse School and for the school first XI (Old Carthusians ) in season 1867–68. During his last year at Charterhouse, he assisted in the formation of the Stoke (City) club.
[edit] Playing career
After ending his educational studies and skippering Stoke in their first few games (he scored the first ever Stoke goal against E W May’s 15 in a friendly on 17 October 1868), Almond completely forgot about football. He became a very successful Civil Engineer, going abroad to work in Costa Rica for the Venezuela-based La Guayra and Caracus Railway Company. A fairly young death for Henry at the age of 60.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0952415100.
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