Joseph Morris Lofthouse ( born Joseph Morris Lofthouse ; April 14, 1865 - June 10, 1919 ), also known as Joe Lofthouse ( born Joe Lofthouse ) is an English footballer [1] .
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| Full name | Joseph Morris Lofthouse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 14, 1865 Blackburn , England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 10, 1919 (54 years old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | rightmost forward midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born in Whitton, Blackburn , Lancashire , April 14, 1865 in the family of William and Hannah Lofthouses. His father worked at a weaving factory. Joe attended St Luke's School, and then Witton and Blackburn Grammar School [2] .
As a schoolboy, he played soccer for local amateur teams. In 1882 he became a player in the Blackburn Rovers club. Already in the season 1883/84 he played for the main team [3] . Blackburn helped win the FA Cup three times in a row (in 1884, 1885 and 1886).
February 28, 1885 made his debut for the national team of England in the match against Ireland. He spent 7 matches for the national team and scored 3 goals [4] .
From 1888 to 1889 he played for Accrington , after which he returned to Blackburn Rovers, where he spent two more seasons and won two more FA Cups (in 1890 and 1891). In the Football League, he scored 18 goals for Blackburn in 51 matches [3] .
On August 25, 1892 he moved to Darven . From December 1893, he played for the Walsall Town Swifts until he retired in 1894.
In 1902, he worked as a coach at the Magyar Football Club in Budapest , after which he returned to England, where he was a coach at the New Brompton Club. Since August 1903 he was an assistant to the head coach of the Everton Liverpool . Since 1904, he worked in a special committee of the Football Association of England, which chose compositions for matches of the national team [2] .
Beyond Football
He was married to Elizabeth Proudlav, the couple had three children, Nelly, Beatrice and Joseph. For a while, Joe worked as a innkeeper in Blackburn [2] .
On June 15, 1887, a meeting of the Blackburn Borough Magistrates took place, accusing Joseph Lofthouse of "cruelty to his wife and leaving her and his family." He did not appear at the hearing. According to the decision of the magistrate, he was to pay his wife 10 pence per week [2] .
On October 24, 1901, a message appeared in the Manchester Evening News newspaper that formerly known footballer Joe Lofthouse was in the hospital “in a dangerous condition” after he “received serious internal sprains when he picked up a barrel in a pub” [2 ] .
On January 15, 1902, Joe Lofthouse was called to court on charges of having his tavern open during the "forbidden time", as well as "indulging in drunkenness." At three in the morning, there were two visitors in his pub drinking champagne. The defense claimed that visitors peacefully celebrated their birthday. The judge fined the owner of the institution 10 shillings [2] .
He died on June 10, 1919 in a hospital from heart complications caused by pneumonia [2] .
Achievements
- Blackburn rovers
- FA Cup Winner ( 5 ): 1884 , 1885 , 1886 , 1890 , 1891
- England team
- Britain Home Championship Winner: 1889/90 (split victory)
Notes
- ↑ Michael Joyce. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. - SoccerData, 2004 .-- ISBN 1-899468-67-6 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Joe Lofthouse . EnglandFootballOnline.com.
- ↑ 1 2 Joseph Lofthouse . Spartacus Educational.
- ↑ Joseph Morris Lofthouse . EnglandStats.com.
Links
- An article on the Spartacus Educational website
- England Football Online Profile
- Profile on England Stats