Ted Duckhouse

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Ted Duckhouse
Personal information
Full name	Edward Duckhouse
Date of birth	9 April 1918
Place of birth	Walsall, England
Date of death	1980
Place of death	Walsall, England
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
1937–1938 1938	Walsall Wood Cannock Chase Colliery Streetly Works West Bromwich Albion Birmingham
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1938–1950 1950–1952 1952–1955	Birmingham City Northampton Town Rushden Town	119 (4) 068 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Edward "Ted" Duckhouse (9 April 1918 – 1980) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender. He made over 100 appearances in the top two divisions of the Football League for Birmingham City, playing his part in the Second Division championship-winning side of 1948, and also played for Northampton Town.

Born in Shelfield, Walsall, Staffordshire, Duckhouse began his football career with works teams before joining West Bromwich Albion and then Birmingham as an amateur. He turned professional with Birmingham in 1938. His career was badly disrupted by the Second World War, but he helped Birmingham to the semifinal of the first post-war FA Cup where they played Derby County. The tie went to a replay, and remained goalless after 90 minutes; after five minutes of extra time, Duckhouse broke his leg colliding with Peter Doherty in a vain attempt to stop him scoring the opening goal. In those days there were no substitutes, so Birmingham had to play the remainder of the match with ten men; they lost 4–0.^[1] Duckhouse died in Walsall in 1980 aged about 72.

[edit] Honours

• with Birmingham
  • Football League South war league champions 1946.
  • Second Division champions 1948.

[edit] References

• Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, p. 84. ISBN 1-85983-010-2. 
• Ted Duckhouse at Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database

[edit] Notes

Persondata
NAME	Duckhouse, Ted
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Duckhouse, Edward
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1918-04-09
PLACE OF BIRTH	Shelfield, Walsall, Staffordshire, England
DATE OF DEATH	1980
PLACE OF DEATH	Walsall, Staffordshire, England