Ted Breaks
Edward Breaks (29 December 1919 – 3 November 2000) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a left back for Halifax Town.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Breaks[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1919[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Halifax, England | ||
| Date of death | 3 November 2000 (aged 80)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Halifax, England | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Shaw Lodge Mills | |||
| 1948–1955 | Halifax Town | 179 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Life and career
Breaks was born in Halifax, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1919.[1] He worked at John Holdsworth & Co textile mills in the town before serving in the Tank Corps during the Second World War.[2] He played football for the Shaw Lodge Mills works team, from where he joined Halifax Town in 1948. Over the next seven seasons he made 179 appearances in the Football League Third Division North, scoring once,[1] before retiring from the game and returning to Holdsworth's.[2]
Breaks and his wife, Maureen, had a daughter, Christine. He died in a Halifax nursing home in 2000 at the age of 80.[2]
References
- "Ted Breaks". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- "Holdsworth's Cyclopaedia & Glossary: Events, People, Terms: Breaks, (Brothers) Teddy, Fred and George". Holdsworth family and business – Cyclopaedia & History. Retrieved 18 June 2019.