Sim Raleigh

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Sim Raleigh
Personal information
Full name Simeon Raleigh
Date of birth 24 March 1909[1]
Place of birth    Brinsworth, England
Date of death    1 December 1934[1]
Place of death    Rochester, England
Height unknown
Playing position Inside-forward
Club information
Current club n/a
Number n/a
Youth clubs
unknown unknown
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1929-1930
1930-1932
1932-1934		 Huddersfield Town
Hull City
Gillingham		 00 0(0)
31 (22)
83 (34)[1]   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15 August 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Simeon "Sim" Raleigh (born Brinsworth, 24 March 1909, died Rochester, 1 December 1934) was an English professional football (soccer) player.

Raleigh's clubs included Huddersfield Town, Hull City and Gillingham. While playing for Gillingham in a match against Brighton & Hove Albion on 1 December 1934, he suffered a haemorrhage following a blow to the head and died in hospital later the same day. The club raised over £250 for his widow and child.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd, p26. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X. 
  2. ^ Triggs, Roger (1984). Gillingham Football Club: A Chronology 1893-1984. Kent County Libraries, p13.