Ebenezer Cobb Morley ( born Ebenezer Cobb Morley ; August 16, 1831 - November 20, 1924 ) - English athlete, known as the father of football . Organizer of the Football Association of England .
 Ebenezer Cobb Morley | |
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| general information | |
| Was born | Hull ( England ) |
| Is dead | Barns ( London ) |
| Citizenship |  England |
Biography
Morley was born in the city of Halle on Sadovaya Square, Princess Street, 10 [2] , and lived there until the age of 22 [2] . He moved to Barnes in 1858, where 4 years later he created the Barnes football club, which became one of the founders of the English Football Association . In 1863, as the captain of the club from Mortlake , he wrote in the Bell's Life newspaper, an appeal to the athletes, which then led to the famous first meeting in the tavern Freemasons' Tavern , which became decisive for creating the association [3 ] .
E. Morley was the first secretary of the Football Association of England (1863–1866) and the second elected president (1867–1874). Wrote the first football rules in Barnes. As a player, he is known for taking part in the first match of the Football Association against Richmond FC in 1863, as well as scoring a goal in the first demonstration match of the London national team against Sheffield on March 31, 1866.
Morley was distinguished by great energy and enthusiasm, combined with a lawyer's scrupulousness. He was an excellent rower, founded the Barnes and Mortlake Rowing Club in 1862, where he also served as secretary from 1862 to 1880, and in 1864 participated in the Grand Challenge Cup on the Thames [4] . Cricket at the Marylebone Cricket Club London and the organizational structure that existed there with the same rules gave Morley a model for creating the Football Association.
By profession, Morley was a lawyer. He was a member of the regional council of Barnes ( 1903-1919 ) and a justice of the peace. He died in 1924 at the age of 93 and was buried [5] at the now-deserted Barnes public cemetery. Morley had no children [5] .
Literature
- 2 1 2 Morley, Ebenezer Cobb (1831–1924), lawyer, sportsman, and sports administrator | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography / C. Matthew - Oxford : OUP , 2004.
- 2 1 2 Memorial to Cobb Morley . Hull Daily Mail. The appeal date was July 13, 2012. Archived September 28, 2012.
- ↑ Taylor JF. Professionals: Football vs. Football . - M .: Physical Culture and Sport, 1985. - 111 p.
- ↑ Ebenezer Cobb Morley - Barnes and Mortlake History Society http://www.barnes-history.org.uk/morley.pdf
- ↑ 1 2 Rudd, Alyson . London: Times Online (April 7, 2008). The appeal date is May 1, 2010.