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Player #127

From:

To:

Career Status:

1897-98

1897-98

Retired

Appearances:

2

Starts:

2

Goals:

0

Assists:

-

Involvements:

0

Edmund Strange

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Midfielder

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Edmund Strange

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1898 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #127 |

Season :

1897-98

Age :

26

Division :

D1

Squad # :

#

Appearances :

2

Starts :

2

Substitute :

0

Unused :

0

Goals :

0

Assists :

-

Involvements :

0

Games / Goal :

Bookings :

-

Sendings Off :

-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Edmund Wallace Strange

Birth Date

12 March 1871

Birth Place

Bordesley Green, Birmingham

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

1890-91 Small Heath Ravenshurst
1891-92 Hoskins & Sewell FC
1892-93 Small Heath
1894-95 Langley Mill
1895-97 Unity Gas FC

Original Transfer

Aged

27

From

Unity Gas

For

Free

On

1897

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

27

Langley St. Michael's

Free

1898

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1898 Langley St. Michael's
Retired

Died

18 December 1925, Aged 54

Edmund Strange

Villa Career

1898 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #127 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

2 April 1898

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

2 April 1898

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1897-98

2 April 1898

Stoke (h), Division One

27

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1897-98

16 April 1898

Liverpool (a), Division One

27

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

16 April 1898

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

Edmund Strange

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Player #128 for Aston Villa, Edmund Wallace Strange, known as Edmund Strange played as a midfielder for the club in a position then known as a left half. Edmund made 2 appearances for Villa during the 1897-98 season.

Edmund was born in Bordesley Green on 12th March 1871 and made his debut for the club as a 27 year old on the 2nd April 1898.

Villa had signed Edmund from Unity Gas FC with both his appearances coming in the league as Villa went in to finish 6th.

Although Edmund’s on field contribution to Villa was fleeting he went on to support the club both as assistant secretary between 1899 and 1925 as well as serving as manager of the second XI.

Edmund had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Edmund passed away in Birmingham on 18th December 1926 aged 54.

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