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Eddie Cameron (footballer)

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Eddie Cameron
Personal information
Date of birth 1895
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Place of death Stafford, England
Height 5 ft 6+34 in (1.70 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1921 Clydebank
1921–1922 Birmingham 6 (1)
1922–1924 Walsall 63 (4)
1924–1925 Nelson 46 (10)
1925–1928 Stafford Rangers
1928–1929 Exeter City 24 (9)
1929 Nelson 0 (0)
1929–1931 Stafford Rangers
1931–1933 Cradley Heath
1933–1934 Hednesford Town
1934–193? Stafford Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward S. Cameron (1895 – after 1933) was a Scottish professional footballer who made 139 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, Walsall, Nelson and Exeter City.[2] He played as a forward.

Career

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Cameron was born in Glasgow. He began his football career with Clydebank before moving to England to sign for Birmingham in July 1921. Described as "a burly Scot ... never a great goalscorer, but a player who 'employed direct methods'",[3] Cameron made his debut in the First Division on 29 August 1921 in a 2–1 win away at Chelsea. He played five more times, scoring once,[4] but was allowed to leave for Walsall at the end of the 1921–22 season.[3] He played regularly for the club for a little less than two years, then moved up to Nelson of the Second Division in March 1922.[2][3] Unable to prevent their relegation that season, he contributed to their immediate promotion back to the Second Division in 1924–25.[5]

In 1926 he joined Stafford Rangers, where his prolific goalscoring helped them to the championship of the Birmingham & District League in the 1926–27 season,[6] and helped him earn a return to the Football League with Exeter City. He scored nine goals from 24 Third Division South games – completing his set of all four Football League divisions played in[2] – before an unsuccessful trial at former club Nelson preceded a return to Stafford Rangers[3] and a runners-up medal in 1929–30.[6] He then won his second Birmingham & District League title, this time with Cradley Heath,[7] and scored goals for Hednesford Town,[8] before finishing off his career with yet another return to Stafford Rangers.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Brum (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Birmingham". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  2. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 46. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ a b c d e Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. ^ Matthews, p. 164.
  5. ^ "Nelson". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  6. ^ a b "Stafford Rangers F.C. – Club History". Stafford Rangers F.C. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  7. ^ "Cradley Heath{1}". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  8. ^ "History of Hednesford Town FC". Hednesford Town F.C. Archived from the original on 28 December 2007.