Angus Seed
English footballer
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Angus Cameron Seed MM (6 February 1893 – 7 February 1953) was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his 16 years as manager of Barnsley in the Football League.[3] He had a long playing career as a right back in non-League football and after retiring,[1] he was Aldershot's first-ever manager and worked as a scout for Charlton Athletic.[4][5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Angus Cameron Seed[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Lanchester, England | ||
| Date of death | 7 February 1953 (aged 60)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Barnsley, England[2] | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Whitburn | |||
| South Shields | |||
| Seaham Harbour | |||
| 1913 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
| 1914 | Leicester Fosse | 3 | (0) |
| 1914 | Reading | ||
| 1919 | St Bernard's | 1 | (0) |
| 1919– | Mid Rhondda | ||
| –1923 | Ebbw Vale | ||
| 1922–1923 | Broxburn United | 32 | (0) |
| Workington | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| Workington | |||
| 1927–1937 | Aldershot | ||
| 1937–1953 | Barnsley | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
Seed's younger brother Jimmy was also a professional footballer, who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Sheffield Wednesday and England.[6] Angus Seed served in the 2nd and 17th Battalions of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[7] On the night of 1–2 June 1916, he won the Military Medal for his actions as a stretcher bearer on Vimy Ridge,[8] dragging wounded men back to the British dugouts under heavy fire.[6] One of the men Seed dragged back, former Arsenal assistant trainer Tom Ratcliff, later became Seed's trainer at Barnsley.[9] Later in June 1916, Seed received a shrapnel wound in the right hip,[10] which eventually caused him to retire from football.[2] He died of chronic bronchitis at Kendray Hospital in Barnsley on 7 February 1953.[2]
Honours
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leicester Fosse | 1913–14[11] | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| St Bernard's | 1919–20[12] | Central League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Broxburn United | 1922–23[12] | Scottish Second Division | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Career total | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
