Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edmund Boot | ||
Date of birth | 13 October 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Laughton Common, England | ||
Date of death | 1999 (aged 83–84) | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Left half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Aughton | |||
Denaby United | |||
1934–1937 | Sheffield United | 41 | (0) |
1937–1952 | Huddersfield Town | 305 | (5) |
Managerial career | |||
1959–1964 | Huddersfield Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edmund Boot (13 October 1915 – 1999) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a left half for Sheffield United and Huddersfield Town. [2] [3] He went on to become manager of Huddersfield Town. [4]
Boot was born in Laughton Common, near Rotherham. He played non-league football for Aughton and Denaby United [2] before joining Sheffield United in 1934. [4] He played 41 matches for the club in the Second Division, [2] then in 1937 signed for First Division club Huddersfield Town. He appeared in the 1938 FA Cup Final, [4] captained the side in the post-war period, and played 305 games for Huddersfield, all in the First Division, before retiring as a player in 1952. He then joined the coaching staff at the club, and in 1959 was appointed manager, a post which he held for four years. Boot died in 1999. [3]