Adolf Jäger

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Adolf Jäger of Altonaer F.C. 1893 (Hamburg) represented Germany 18 times (1908-24) scoring 11 goals.

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Argentina 1916

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Spain vs Brazil 1934

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The knockout format of the 1934 World Cup tournament meant that Brazil, Argentina and the United States only played one match each after their transatlantic voyages.
Here is an action shot from the Brazil v Spain match played at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa (27.05.34). Leônidas da Silva shooting wide, watched by Ricardo Zamora.
Brazil were 3-0 down in half an hour, Leônidas announced himself with a 55th minute strike. Brazil were awarded a penalty in the 62nd minute, but Zamora, playing in his 43rd international, saved from Waldemar de Brito.

Santiago FC

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Alfredo Miqueles and Héctor Ramírez of Santiago Football Club pictured in 1926, the year the club won the Copa Chile de la Asociación de Football de Santiago.
The image was reversed in production.

Here it is the right way round.

Germany Goalscorers 1908-1937

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Between 1908 and July 1937 (when our blog's era ends) Germany played 142 internationals.

83 different players scored for Germany during this period. 

The 3 most prolific scorers are shown above- left to right- Hofmann, Hohmann and Lehner.

		G	M
1	Richard Hofmann	24	25	1927-33	S.V. Meerane 07
2	Karl Hohmann	20	26	1930-37	V.f.L. Benrath
3	Ernst Lehner*	17	32	1933-37	S.S.V. Schwaben
4	Edmund Conen*	14	14	1934-37	Saarbrücken F. V.
	Otto Fritz Harder	14	15	1914-26	Hamburger F.C. 1888, Hamburger S.V.
6	Gottfried Fuchs	13	6	1911-13	Karlsruher F.V.
7	Adolf Jäger	11	18	1908-24	Altonaer F.C. 1893
8	Otto Siffling*	10	26	1934-37	S.V. Waldhof
	Fritz Förderer	10	11	1908-13	Karlsruher F.V.
	Eugen Kipp	10	18	1908-13	Sportfreunde 1874, F.C. Stuttgarter Cickers

Here is the full list of scorers. Players marked with * had careers that extended beyond July 1937, but their figures here are up to that date (that is up to and including Finland v Germany on 29.06.1937.

		G	M	Years	Club
1	Fritz Becker	2	1	1908	Frankfurter F.C. Kickers
2	Fritz Förderer	10	11	1908-13	Karlsruher F.V.
3	Eugen Kipp	10	18	1908-13	Sportfreunde 1874, F.C. Stuttgarter Cickers
4	Adolf Jäger	11	18	1908-24	Altonaer F.C. 1893
5	Willi Worpitzky	5	9	1909-12	B.T.u.F.C. Viktoria 89
6	Camillo Ugi	1	15	1909-12	F.S.V. Frankfurt, V.f.B. Leipzig, Sportfreunde 1902
7	Marius Hiller	1	3	1910-11	1. F.C. Pforzheim
8	Willi Fick	1	1	1910	F.V. Holstein
9	Richard Queck	2	3	1909-14	F.C. Eintracht 95
10	Gottfried Fuchs	13	6	1911-13	Karlsruher F.V.
11	Max Breunig	1	9	1910-13	Karlsruher F.V., 1. F.C. Pforzheim
12	Max Gablonsky	1	4	1910-11	FC Bayern
13	Ernst Möller	4	9	1911-13	F.V. Holstein
14	Otto Dumke	3	2	1911	B.T.u.F.C. Viktoria 89
15	Julius Hirsch	4	7	1911-13	Karlsruher F.V, Sp.Vgg. Fürth
16	Heinrich Mechling	1	2	1912-13	Freiburger F.C.
17	Karl Burger	1	11	1909-12	Sp.Vgg. Fürth
18	Emil Oberle	1	5	1909-12	Karlsruher F.C. Phönix,
19	Karl Wegele	2	15	1910-14	Karlsruher F.C. Phönix,
20	Otto Fritz Harder	14	15	1914-26	Hamburger F.C. 1888, Hamburger S.V.
21	Hans Sutor	2	12	1920-25	1. F.C. Nürnberg
22	Leonhard Seiderer	5	8	1920-24	Sp.Vgg. Fürth
23	Luitpold Popp	1	5	1920-26	1. F.C. Nürnberg
24	Josef Herberger	2	3	1921-25	Sp.u.T.V. Waldhof, V.f.R. Mannheim
25	Hans Kalb	2	15	1920-28	1. F.C. Nürnberg
26	Andreas Franz	4	10	1922-26	Sp.Vgg. Fürth
27	Viktor Weißenbacher	1	1	1922	1. F.C. Pforzheim
28	Carl Hartmann	2	4	1923-24	Potsdamer S.U. 04, S.C. Victoria
29	Walter Claus-Oehler	1	2	1923	1. F.C. Arminia
30	Karl Auer	2	3	1924-26	Sp.Vgg. Fürth
31	Ludwig Wieder	2	7	1923-26	1. F.C. Nürnberg
32	Kurt Voß	2	2	1925	K.S.V. Holstein
33	Paul Paulsen 'Pömpner'	3	6	1924-25	V.f.B. Leipzig
34	Hans Ruch	2	3	1925-29	Berliner T.u.F.C. Union 1892, Hertha B.S.C.
35	Georg Hochgesang	4	6	1924-27	1. F.C. Nürnberg
36	Josef Pöttinger	9	14	1926-30	F.C. Bayern
37	Karl Scherm	1	2	1926	A.S.V. Nürnberg
38	Georg Kießling	1	2	1927-28	Sp.Vgg. Fürth
39	Ludwig Hofmann	4	18	1926-31	F.C. Bayern
40	Richard Hofmann	24	25	1927-33	S.V. Meerane 07, Dresdner S.C.
41	Josef Hornauer	2	5	1928-31	S.V. München 1860, 1. F.C. Nürnberg
42	Conrad Heidkamp	1	9	1927-30	Düsseldorfer S.C. 1899, F.C. Bayern
43	Ernst Albrecht	4	17	1928-34	T.S.V. Fortuna
44	Josef Schmitt	1	2	1928	1. F.C. Nürnberg
45	Ernst Kuzorra *	7	11	1927-37	F.C. Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04
46	Georg Frank	5	4	1927-30	Sp.Vgg. Fürth
47	Johannes Sobeck	2	10	1923-31	Berliner T.u.F.C. Alemannia 90, Hertha B.S.C.
48	Fritz Szepan*	4	24	1929-37	F.C. Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04
49	Willi Kund	1	2	1930-31	1. F.C. Nürnberg
50	Karl Hohmann	20	26	1930-37	V.f.L. Benrath
51	Johannes Ludwig	2	3	1930-31	K.S.V. Holstein
52	Ludwig Lachner (Pipin)	4	8	1930-34	S.V. München 1860
53	Richard Hanke	1	1	1930	Breslauer F.V. 06
54	Karl Schlösser	1	1	1931	Dresdner S.C.
55	Josef Bergmaier	1	8	1930-33	F.C. Bayern
56	Willi Rutz	1	1	1932	V.f.B. Stuttgart
57	Oskar Rohr	5	4	1932-33	F.C. Bayern
58	Stanislaus Kobierski*	6	21	1931-37	T.S.V. Fortuna
59	Franz Krumm	1	2	1932-33	F.C. Bayern
60	Richard Malik	1	2	1932-33	S.u.S.V. Beuthen 09
61	Josef Rasselnberg	8	9	1933-35	V.f.L. Benrath
62	Willi Wigold	3	4	1932-34	T.S.V. Fortuna
63	Hennes Stubb	1	10	1930-34	S.G. Eintracht
64	Edmund Conen*	14	14	1934-37	Saarbrücken F. V
65	Otto Siffling*	10	26	1934-37	S.V. Waldhof
66	Rudolf Noack	1	3	1934-37	Hamburger S.V.
67	Ernst Lehner*	17	32	1933-37	S.S.V. Schwaben
68	Josef Fath*	7	11	1934-37	V.f.R. Wormatia
69	Otto Rohwedder	2	5	1934-37	Eimsbutteler T.V.
70	August Lenz*	9	13	1935-37	B.V. Borussia Dortmund
71	Ludwig Damminger	5	3	1935	Karlsruher F.V.
72	Walter Günther	2	4	1935-37	T.u.S. Duisburg 48/99
73	Wilhelm Simetsreiter*	8	7	1935-37	F.C. Bayern
74	Edmund Malecki*	2	4	1935-37	S.V. Hannover 96
75	Herbert Panse	1	1	1935	Eimsbutteler T.V.
76	Kurt Langenbein	1	2	1932-35	V.f.R. Mannheim
77	Ernst Poertgen	5	3	1935-37	F.C. Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04
78	Albin Kitzinger*	2	14	1935-37	1. F.C. Schweinfurt 05
79	Adolf Urban*	8	10	1935-37	F.C. Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04
80	Jupp Gauchel*	2	3	1936-37	T.u.S. Neuendorf
81	Franz Elbern	2	8	1935-37	S.V. Beuel 06
82	Karl Striebinger*	2	2	1937	V.f.R. Mannheim
83	Hans Berndt*	2	1	1937	Berliner Tennis-Club Borussia

Bob Crompton - England

September 27, 2017, 10:14 am

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Right back Bob Crompton  played 41 matches for England (1902-14) , he was captain in 22 of these games. The previous appearance record was 23 (Steve Bloomer), and Crompton's record stood from 1909-1952.

He also represented The Football League 17 times

In 1907 the imperious looking Crompton was measured at 5' 10½" and  13st. 10lbs.(1.79m, 87kg).
He was a British Home Championship winner in 1903-04, 1908-09, 1910-11 & 1912-13.

Here is a breakdown of his record:

Overall

P	W	D	L
41	27	8	6

vs.Wales

P	W	D	L
12	9	3	0

vs. Ireland

P	W	D	L
10	8	0	2

vs. Scotland

P	W	D	L
12	3	5	4

vs. Austria

P	W	D	L
3	3	0	0

vs. Hungary

P	W	D	L
3	3	0	0

vs. Bohemia

P	W	D	L
1	1	0	0

1880s Cabinet Card

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Buffalo Association (New York) was founded in 1886.

Meiklejohn, Muirhead & Mothers

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Dundee People's Journal 12.07.30

Davie Meiklejohn played 563 games for Rangers and won no fewer than 12 Scottish League titles. He won 15 international caps for Scotland. 

Tommy Muirhead- Represented Scotland 8 times. He played 353 first team games for Rangers, winning 8 League titles. He also played for Hibernian and Boston Wonder workers.

Meiklejohn was 29 when the picture was taken, Muirhead 33. 

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Guillermo Stábile at Genoa

October 2, 2017, 1:43 am

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Guillermo Stábile pictured in the colours of Genoa. 
In 2 spells with Genoa (1930-34 & 1935-36) he played in 42 championship matches scoring 16 goals, including a hat trick on his debut. However, during this period he suffered 2 leg breaks and missed the entire 1931-32 league campaign. Stábile joined Napoli for the 1934-35 season.

die 11 besten Spieler der Schweiz 1908

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Germany's first international (Switzerland's 3rd), played at the Stadion Landhof, Basel.

Switzerland

England: Clubs with most internationals 1872-1937

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Up to the summer of 1937 England played 211 international matches featuring 639 players.

The leading clubs in terms of providing England internationals were:

	Players	Caps
Aston Villa	40	161
Blackburn Rovers	33	136
Everton	29	101
The Wednesday/ Sheffield Wednesday	28	137
Sheffield United	27	72
West Bromwich Albion	24	85
Derby County	23	129

Arthur Digger Brown

Howard Vaughton

Brown and Vaughton both made their international debuts in the 13-0 win over Ireland on February 18th 1882. Brown scored 4 and Vaughton 5.

Billy Walker

Here are the Aston Villa players who represented England during this period.
It's worth noting that John Reynolds also represented Ireland. Andrew Ducat also represented England at cricket.

	Year (s)	Caps
·         Arthur Brown	1882	3
·         Howard Vaughton	1882-84	5
·         Oliver Whateley	1883	2
·         Dennis Hodgetts	1888-94	6
·         Albert Allen	1888	1
·         Charles Athersmith	1892-1900	12
·         John Devey	1892-94	2
·         John Reynolds	1894-97	5
·         Stephen Smith	1895	1
·         James Crabtree	1896-1902	11
·         George Wheldon	1897-98	4
·         Howard Spencer	1897-1905	6
·         Albert Wilkes	1901-02	5
·         William George	1902	3
·         William Garratty	1903	1
·         Joseph Bache	1903-11	7
·         William Brawn	1904	2
·         Alec Leake	1904-05	5
·         Albert Hall	1910	1
·         Harry Hampton	1913-14	4
·         Charles Wallace	1913-20	3
·         Sam Hardy	1913-20	7
·         Frank Barson	1920	1
·         Andrew Ducat	1920	3
·         Billy Walker	1920-32	18
·         Thomas Smart	1921-29	5
·         Billy Kirton	1921	1
·         Frank A Moss	1921-24	5
·         Richard York	1922-26	2
·         Thomas Mort	1924-26	3
·         George Blackburn	1924	1
·         Arthur Dorrell	1924-25	4
·         Benjamin Olney	1928	2
·         Eric Houghton	1930-32	7
·         Joe Tate	1931-32	3
·         Pongo Waring	1931-32	5
·         George Brown	1932	1
·         Joseph Beresford	1934	1
·         Thomas Gardner	1934-35	2
·         Ronald Starling	1937	1

Brazil 1919

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A great view of Stockholm Olympic Stadium during the Great Britain v Denmark match  (04.07.12). Great Britain (aka England Amateurs) won 4-2 to take the Olympic Gold Medal.  

Ricardo Zamora

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Club Esportiu Espanyol goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora feels the chill in 1923.

Italy 1934

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1934 was year 12 (XII) of the fascist era in Italy and the visual language of fascism figured strongly in the presentation of the tournament.
The monumental player (who is reminiscent of Il Duce himself) stands with his arm raised, on a pedestal that features a fasces-like object.
There was no way that Italy were not going to win the World Cup in 1934. They benefited from some dubious refereeing. The shame is that this detracted from the real qualities of the players and the genius of coach Vittorio Pozzo and his innovative Metodo.

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Celtic's 62 game unbeaten run

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On November 13th 1915 Celtic were defeated 2-0 by Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle. The following week they beat Kilmarnock 2-0 at Celtic Park. This was the beginning of a 62 match unbeaten run.  

So, the story of this remarkable run begins and ends with Kilmarnock:

CELTIC BEATEN AT LAST

Kilmarnock accomplished at Parkhead on Saturday what they nearly achieved at home a few weeks ago; they are the first to defeat Celtic in the present League campaign, and thus put an end to a sequence of victories extending from the middle of December, 1915, until the pr.esent time. It was fitting that a team renowned for consistency should be defeated by opponents who have been more consistent than any other team when opposing the champions. If Sinclair were slightly at fault in the first game in allowing McMenemy to equalise when but three minutes remained for play, Kilmarnock’s regular custodian made no such mistake in the return engagement. The shooting of the Celtic forwards was not particularly deadly, and it was in leaving his goal to deal with corner kicks almost innumerable that Blair excelled. The winners were somewhat fortunate to score as they did twice in the first half, doubly so to find their opponents miss opportunities much more frequent and less difficult. But the losers had no room for complaint, save on their own incapacity at goal. They were at home, on a perfect pitch, with wind and sun minor and equal handicaps to both teams. The winners goals were scored before the interval, so there was nothing of a snatch victory about Kilmarnock’s successful venture. The mistake made by McNair in passing back to his goalkeeper would not have been fatal had the home forwards shown their usual judgement and taken advantage of much better openings that fell to Smith and Culley. The pity is that the champions’ first defeat was incurred in their last home engagement; a reverse at an earlier stage would have enlivened a competition that has long ceased to attract by reason of its being a competition in name only. 

The Glasgow Herald  23.04.17

FC Sete

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Colombes, 06.05.34
FC Sete beat L'Olympique de Marseille 2-1 to win the Coupe de France.
Sete also secured the championnat de France de football 1933-1934, becoming the first team in French football to do the double.
The feat is celebrated in the club's present name- FC Sète 34.

There was an international flavour to the successful squad. Joseph Hillier was English, Marcel Bukovi (originally Marton Bukovi) and Istvan Lukacs were Hungarian. Club captain Yvan Bek came from Yugoslavia and winger  Ali Benouna was Algerian.

 Istvan Lukacs scored both Sete's goals in the cup final and was also the leading scorer in the league with 28 goals

El pez volador

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Yustrich is at the top- Jaime Lema (San Lorenzo de Almagro) below.

Juan Yustrich was Boca's first choice goalkeeper from 1932-37, winning league titles in 1934 and 1935. He represented Argentina once (in 1940).

Aberystwyth Town Internationals

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 Roose

Welsh Premier League club Aberystwyth Town (founded 1884) has provided Wales with 7 internationals (18 appearances). The club's predecessor, Aberystwyth, also produced 1 cap.
When Wales faced Scotland at Dundee on 21.03.96 there were 3 Aberystwyth Town players in the team.
The legendary goalkeeper Leigh Richmond Roose was said to have worn an Aberystwyth Town jersey as an undershirt throughout his first class career.

1	Jack Hughes	07.04.79	Wales	0	3	Scotland	Wrexham
	Hughes had made 1 previous appearance for Wales whilst he was playing for Cambridge University.
2	Jack Rea	24.02.94	Wales	4	1	Ireland	Swansea
		12.03.94	Wales	1	5	England	Wrexham
		24.03.94	Scotland	5	2	Wales	Kilmarnock
		23.03.95	Wales	2	2	Scotland	Wrexham
		29.02.96	Wales	6	1	Ireland	Wrexham
		21.03.96	Scotland	4	0	Wales	Dundee
		06.03.97	Ireland	4	3	Wales	Belfast
		20.03.97	Wales	2	2	Scotland	Wrexham
		19.02.98	Wales	0	1	Ireland	Llandudno
	Aberystwyth born inside left who founded London Welsh AFC and was briefly at West Bromwich Albion (see here).
3	Grenville Morris	29.02.96	Wales	6	1	Ireland	Wrexham
		16.03.96	Wales	1	9	England	Cardiff
		21.03.96	Scotland	4	0	Wales	Dundee
		29.03.97	England	4	0	Wales	Sheffield
	Aged 18 at the time of his debut, Morris went on to win a total of 21 international caps, playing for Swindon Town and Nottingham Forest. Known as the Prince of Inside lefts he scored 9 international goals.
4	Jack Garner	21.03.96	Scotland	4	0	Wales	Dundee
5	William Roberts Jones	20.03.97	Wales	2	2	Scotland	Wrexham
6	Jack Edwards	19.02.98	Wales	0	1	Ireland	Llandudno
7	Leigh Richmond "Dick" Roose	24.02.00	Wales	2	0	Ireland	Llandudno
	This was Roose’s debut. He moved on to London Welsh, Stoke, Everton and Sunderland (among other clubs) and won a total of 24 caps. His association with Aberystwyth began when he attended University in the town.
8	Ernest Peake	11.04.08	Wales	0	1	Ireland	Aberdare
	A native of Aberystwyth, left back Peake won a further 10 caps whilst playing for Liverpool.

D.H Lawrence

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In The Cambridge Companion to Football (2013) Peter Stead refers to D.H Lawrence as the only great modern British novelist from a working class background .

In his 1913 story Strike Pay, Lawrence describes a group of striking miners walking to Nottingham to watch Notts County play Aston Villa on a Wednesday afternoon. 

It was a good match between Notts and Villa — no goals at half-time, two-none for Notts at the finish. The colliers were hugely delighted, especially as Flint, the forward for Notts, who was an Underwood man well known to the four comrades, did some handsome work, putting the two goals through.

Notts played Villa in a rearranged League match on Wednesday March 13th, 1912. 

Billy Flint was indeed from Underwood. He was a versatile player who represented County 408 times (1908-26).

Whereas Lawrence has Flint as the scorer of both goals, former Villa player Billy Matthews was the scorer of the second. Notts went from 15th to 14th in Division 1 as a result of this win, Villa were 6th.
The return match 3 days later saw Villa win 5-1.

You can read the story Strike Payhere...