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Sam Strettle
Personal information
Full name Samuel Strettle[1]
Date of birth 2 February 1886[2]
Place of birth Latchford, England[2]
Date of death 25 August 1926(1926-08-25) (aged 40)[3]
Place of death Weaverham, England[3]
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1907–1909 Everton 4 (0)
1909–1913 Chesterfield Town 129 (7)
1913–1920 Exeter City 108
Monks Hall
Northwich Victoria
Llandudno
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Strettle MM (2 February 1886 – 25 August 1926) was an English professional football full back who made over 120 appearances in the Midland League for Chesterfield Town.[2] He most notably played for Everton in the Football League and also made over 100 appearances in the Southern League for Exeter City.[1][4][5]

Personal life

Strettle was married with one child.[3] He served as a lance corporal in the 58th (2/1st London) Division Signal Company of the Royal Engineers during the First World War and was awarded the Military Medal during the course of his service.[5][6] Strettle died of tuberculosis at Hefferston Grange Sanatorium in 1926 and was buried in Warrington Cemetery.[3][7]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Everton 1906–07[8] First Division 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
1907–08[8] 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
1908–09[8] 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Chesterfield Town 1909–10[9] Midland League 38 4 4 1 1[a] 0 43 5
1910–11[10] 32 2 4 0 4[a] 0 40 2
1911–12[11] 29 1 1 0 — 30 1
1912–13[12] 30 0 3 0 1[a] 0 34 0
Total 129 7 12 1 6 0 147 8
Exeter City 1914–15[13] Southern League First Division 38 0 0 0 — 38 0
Career total 171 7 12 1 6 0 189 8
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in Derbyshire Senior Cup

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 279. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c "Chesterfield FC: Player-based information". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d Onslow, Tony. "Sam Strettle – Tony Onslow – Everton Heritage Society". Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Sam Strettle". Grecian Voices. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Strettle, Samuel". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Samuel Strettle | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Sam Strettle – the Warrington man who played for Exeter City against Brazil 100 years ago". Warrington Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  8. ^ a b c "Samuel Strettle | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – 1909–10". Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – 1910–11". Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – 1911–12". Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Sky is Blue – Chesterfield FC history & statistics – Line-ups – 1912–13". Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Exeter City Squad Statistics 1914/15 – FFWW". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 25 November 2017.


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