Edmund Eyre

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Edmund Eyre
Date of birth	2 December 1882(1882-12-02)
Place of birth	Worksop, England
Date of death	c. 1943 (aged about 60)
Place of death	Worksop, England
Playing position	Outside left
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1907–1908 1908–1911 1911–1914 1914–1919	Worksop West End Worksop Town Rotherham Town Birmingham Aston Villa Middlesbrough Birmingham	48 (12) 44 0(8) 63 (13) 29 0(2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Edmund Eyre (2 December 1882 – c. 1943) was an English professional association footballer who played as an outside left. He spent much of his playing career in the First Division of the Football League with Birmingham, Aston Villa and Middlesbrough.

1 Playing career
2 Honours
3 References
4 Notes

[edit] Playing career

Eyre was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. He was a pacy winger and good crosser of the ball who scored freely for home-town clubs Worksop West End and Midland League Worksop Town and then for Rotherham Town, also in the Midland League.^[1] Eyre moved into the Football League with Birmingham in 1907, finishing his first full season as leading scorer, though with only nine goals for a struggling side who were relegated from the First Division. After scoring four goals in 15 games in the Second Division,^[2] he returned to the top flight with Aston Villa.^[3] In 1909–10 he contributed to Aston Villa's sixth Football League championship. The following year he moved on to Middlesbrough, returning to Birmingham in April 1914. He retired from football in 1919, and died in Worksop c. 1943 aged about 60.

[edit] Honours

with Aston Villa
- Football League First Division champions 1910.

[edit] References

Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League players' records 1999 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown), p. 86. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
Richard Rundle. Football Club History Database. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.

[edit] Notes

^ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, p. 86. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
^ Matthews, p. 153–155.
^ Eyre, Edmund "Ninty". Aston Villa Players Database. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.

Persondata
NAME	Eyre, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1882-12-02
PLACE OF BIRTH	Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
DATE OF DEATH	c. 1943
PLACE OF DEATH	Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England