Bob Herrod
Edwin Robert Herrod (1866 – 1918),[1][2] born in Radford, Nottingham, was an English footballer who played as a forward.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edwin Robert Herrod | ||
| Date of birth | 1866 | ||
| Place of birth | Radford, Nottingham, England | ||
| Date of death | 1918 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Derby, England | ||
| Position(s) | Inside right / Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?−1890 | Derby St Luke's | ||
| 1890−1891 | Doncaster Rovers | (10) | |
| 1891 | Leicester Fosse | 7 | (0) |
| 1891−? | Rotherham Town | ||
| Derby Town | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
As a 15-year-old, he lived in Derby earning his living as a gimp maker.[4]
After moving from Derby St Luke's, he became a top scoring winger for Doncaster Rovers in the Midland Alliance for the 1890−91 season, netting 14 times in all League and cup games.[5] This attracted attention from Leicester Fosse from the Midland League who signed him in September 1891.
After one goal in eight games, he moved to Rotherham Town.[3] He scored in a record 11−0 defeat of Leicester in April 1892, where Leicester were disadvantaged by having to play with only ten men as a player didn't turn up.[6] He later played for Derby Town.[3]
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