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English footballer and manager

Eddie Boot
Personal information
Full name Edmund Boot
Date of birth (1915-10-13)13 October 1915
Place of birth Laughton Common, England
Date of death 1999 (aged 83–84)
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Aughton
Denaby United
1934–1937 Sheffield United 41 (0)
1937–1952 Huddersfield Town 305 (5)
Managerial career
1959–1964 Huddersfield Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edmund Boot (13 October 1915 – 1999) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a left half for Sheffield United and Huddersfield Town. He went on to become manager of Huddersfield Town.

Boot was born in Laughton Common, near Rotherham. He played non-league football for Aughton and Denaby United before joining Sheffield United in 1934. He played 41 matches for the club in the Second Division, then in 1937 signed for First Division club Huddersfield Town. He appeared in the 1938 FA Cup Final, captained the side in the post-war period, and played 305 games for Huddersfield, all in the First Division, before retiring as a player in 1952. He then joined the coaching staff at the club, and in 1959 was appointed manager, a post which he held for four years. Boot died in 1999.

References

  1. "Sheffield United. Likeliest side for promotion in Division II". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vii – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 30. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ "Eddie Boot". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Vote for your favourite legend". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
Huddersfield Town A.F.C.managers
(c) = caretaker manager


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