Post by Budleigh on Jan 30, 2010 22:26:43 GMT
This is the oldest autograph in my collection and belongs to our pre-war player, Ben Morton (born 1910, died 1962).
Although he only played for a season and a half for us, he was prolific scoring thirty-three goals in 49 league matches. He also played in one FA Cup game and five Third Division (South) Cup games scoring four goals.
He appears in the programme I posted on here for the away game at Clapton Orient in 1937.
Born in Sheffield Morton first played for Stourbridge before moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers and then to Manchester United where he is in the history books as one of the few players to have only played one game for them, a match against West Ham in 1935. He was consequently transferred to Torquay United where his record speaks for itself and which prompted Swindon Town to splash out a record £1,000 for his services in 1937. Having taken awhile to establish himself he became a fairly prolific scorer for the Robins before finding his way back to Stourbridge.
One interesting snippet from this autograph book page is the reference to him playing in the Birmingham League for Revo F.C. I cannot find any record of this team.
Although he only played for a season and a half for us, he was prolific scoring thirty-three goals in 49 league matches. He also played in one FA Cup game and five Third Division (South) Cup games scoring four goals.
He appears in the programme I posted on here for the away game at Clapton Orient in 1937.
Born in Sheffield Morton first played for Stourbridge before moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers and then to Manchester United where he is in the history books as one of the few players to have only played one game for them, a match against West Ham in 1935. He was consequently transferred to Torquay United where his record speaks for itself and which prompted Swindon Town to splash out a record £1,000 for his services in 1937. Having taken awhile to establish himself he became a fairly prolific scorer for the Robins before finding his way back to Stourbridge.
One interesting snippet from this autograph book page is the reference to him playing in the Birmingham League for Revo F.C. I cannot find any record of this team.
