Max Seeburg
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Max Paul Seeburg | ||
Date of birth | 19 September 1884 | ||
Place of birth | Leipzig, German Empire | ||
Date of death | 24 January 1972 | (aged 87)||
Place of death | Reading, England | ||
Position(s) | 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 | ||
Total | 38 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Max Seeburg (19 September 1884 – 24 January 1972[1]) was a German footballer who played in England for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur,[2] Burnley, Grimsby Town and Reading between 1906 and 1912.[3] Seeburg became the first European-born foreigner to play in England.[4]
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.[5]
After a season at 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.[6][7]
References
- ^ Max Seeburg Retrieved 27 January 2017
- ^ A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players Archived 2009-06-03 at WebCite 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.
- 1884 births
- 1972 deaths
- Sportspeople from Leipzig
- People from the Kingdom of Saxony
- German footballers
- English Football League players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Burnley F.C. players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Leyton F.C. players
- Association football midfielders
- Footballers from Saxony
- German football midfielder stubs