Amos Baddeley

Amos Baddeley (1887 – 1946) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackpool and Stoke.[1]

Amos Baddeley
Personal information
Full name Amos Baddeley[1]
Date of birth 1887
Place of birth Fegg Hayes, Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 1946 (aged 59)[1]
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906 Fegg Hayes
1906–1908 Stoke 19 (6)
1908–1909 Blackpool 32 (3)
1909–1912 Stoke 73 (42)
1912 Walsall
1913 Abertillery
1914 Ebbw Vale
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Baddeley started playing football for his local amateur side in Fegg Hayes.[1] He was signed up by league side Stoke in 1906 after poor finances lead to the club looking in the local leagues for players.[1] He made his professional debut in a 3–1 defeat away at Sunderland in March 1907. Baddeley became a regular in the side the following season as he played 15 matches scoring six goals during the 1907–08 season. However Stoke's financial crisis worsened and the club entered into liquidation.[1]

As a result, Stoke left the Football League and thus many of their players left the club. Baddeley joined Blackpool for the 1908–09 season before re-joining Stoke in the Birmingham and District league. He developed a prolific strike partnership with Arthur Griffiths as the two of them scored 60 league goals between them during the 1909–10 season. He played one more season for Stoke before leaving in 1912 to join Walsall. He later went on to play for Abertillery and became player-manager at Ebbw Vale.

Career statistics

Source:[2]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke 1906–07 First Division 400040
1907–08 Second Division 15600156
Total 19600196
Blackpool 1908–09 Second Division 32320343
Stoke 1909–10 Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two 3024213225
1910–11 Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two 4218334521
1911–12 Southern League Division One 100010
Total 7342547846
Career Total 124517413155

References

  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. Amos Baddeley at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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