Ted Winship
English footballer
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Edward Winship (1901 – 19 October 1929) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford and Coventry City as a full back.
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Winship while with Brentford in 1926. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Winship[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | Prudhoe, England | ||
| Date of death | 19 October 1929 (aged 27–28) [2] | ||
| Place of death | Brentford, England[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1921 | Prudhoe Castle | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1920–1921 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| 1921–1922 | Prudhoe Castle | ||
| 1922–1925 | Coventry City | 79 | (0) |
| 1925–1926 | Kidderminster Harriers | ||
| 1926–1929 | Brentford | 86 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
As a youth, Winship played for Northern Alliance club Prudhoe Castle.[1] At age 19, he was signed by Second Division club Crystal Palace,[4] but failed to make a senior appearance.[1] He returned to Prudhoe Castle and moved back to the Second Division to join Coventry City in 1922.[5] After making 84 appearances,[6] he dropped back into non-League football with Birmingham & District League club Kidderminster Harriers in 1925,[7] before returning to the Football League to join Third Division South club Brentford in August 1926, where he played the next three seasons.[8]
Illness and death
Winship was struck down with yellow jaundice and kidney problems in June 1929,[9][3] but failed to recover and died five months later in Brentford Hospital.[8] At the time of his death, he and his family lived around the corner from Brentford's Griffin Park ground and the club's directors donated the proceeds from a reserve team match to his widow Sarah and children.[3] A week after his death, Brentford faced Norwich City at Griffin Park and prior to kick off, the 15,000 crowd stood in silence while a band played 'Abide with Me'.[3] Winship was buried in Coventry after a service at St George's Church, Brentford.[2]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Coventry City | 1922–23[6] | Second Division | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 1923–24[6] | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 1924–25[6] | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 79 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Brentford | 1926–27[10] | Third Division South | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1927–28[10] | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| 1928–29[10] | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Total | 86 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 165 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 176 | 0 | ||