Teddy Morse

Teddy Morse
Personal information
Full name	Edward Morse
Date of birth	1870
Place of birth	Hanley, Staffordshire, England
Position(s)	Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1895–1898	Burslem Port Vale
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward "Teddy" Morse (born 1870; date of death unknown) was an English 19th-century footballer. He played 46 games (including 13 in the Football League and 25 in the Midland League) for Burslem Port Vale in the late 1890s.

Playing career

Morse joined Burslem Port Vale in February 1895.^[1] His debut came, rather unfortunately, in a 10–0 defeat at Notts County on 26 February; this was his only Second Division appearance of the 1894–95 season.^[1] He became a first team regular from March 1896, playing 12 league games at the end of the 1895–96 campaign.^[1] However, he failed to rejoin the club after the 1897–98 season, despite the club retaining him.^[1] Perhaps this was in part to his experiences that season; he was 'hurled under the waggonette' by the crowd after Vale won 1–0 at Doncaster Rovers on 27 March 1897 in a Midland League match, and he was also sent off the next week at the Athletic Ground in a 1–0 loss to Ilkeston Town after punching an opponent who Morse claimed bit him on the nose.^[1]

Statistics

Sourced from Teddy Morse at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burslem Port Vale	1894–95	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1895–96	Second Division	12	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
	1896–97	Midland League	25	1	2	0	5	0	32	1
	1897–98	Midland League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		38	1	2	0	6	0	46	1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 206. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.

[kent-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 206. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.

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