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Danny Hooper
Daniel Hooper (15 September 1893 – 1973) was an English footballer who played as a centre-half in the Football League for Oldham Athletic. Hooper was born in Newton Aycliffe. His family were from Rise Carr in Darlington, where his father worked in the rolling mills. His uncle, Charlie Roberts, played for England and Manchester United. His brothers, Bill, Mark and Carl, were all professional footballers, and his sisters, Sarah and Bessie, played for Darlington Quaker Ladies. He played for Darlington Rise Carr before joining Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic be ... during the 1919–20 season. He made five League appearances before moving to Shildon Athletic. He later returned to Darlington Rise Carr and went on to play for Darlington Wednesday. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton Aycliffe
Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham (district), County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act 1946, New Towns Act of 1946, the town sits about five miles to the north of Darlington and ten miles to the south of Durham, England, Durham. It is the oldest new town in the north of England. Together with the bordering Aycliffe Village (to the south) and the north part of School Aycliffe (to the west), it forms the civil parish of Great Aycliffe. The population of the town at the time of the UK census 2011, 2011 census was 26,633. History Anglo-Saxons Prior to the Newtown development, Aycliffe (originally 'Acley') was the site of an Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon settlement. The name Acley came from the Old English words: 'Ac', meaning oak, and 'ley', meaning 'a clearing'. Aycliffe was the location of a church synods in AD 782 and AD 789. Another old name was 'Yacley'. The town's motto is Latin for "Not the Least, but the Greatest we seek". Transport On the edg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hooper
Mark Hooper (14 July 1901 – 9 March 1974) was an English professional footballer who played for Darlington, Sheffield Wednesday and briefly with Rotherham United in a 16-year career which lasted from 1923 to 1939, although he appeared in 1945 in a few games after World War II . In total he played 500 League games (550 including cup games) in that time, scoring 168 League goals with 11 more in the FA Cup. Hooper was a diminutive right winger who was only 5 ft 6 in (1.67 m) tall, weighed under 10 stone (64 kg) and wore size 4 boots. Family Hooper was born in Darlington on 14 July 1901. He was brought up in the Rise Carr area and was part of a family of footballers. His brother Bill had an eight-year-long professional career while other brothers Carl and Danny had brief periods in the paid ranks. His uncle Charlie Roberts captained Manchester United and England while his sisters Sarah and Betty were members of the Darlington Quaker Ladies team. His father worked in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Men's Footballers
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Footballers From Darlington
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People From Newton Aycliffe
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1973 Deaths
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1893 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; the charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison. * January 13 ** The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting. ** U.S. Marines from the ''USS Boston'' land in Honolulu, Hawaii, to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. * January 15 – The ''Telefon Hírmondó'' service starts with around 60 subscribers, in Budapest. * January 17 – Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety in Hawaii, with the intervention of the United States Marine Corps, overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani. * January 21 ** The Cherry Sisters first perform in Marion, Iowa. ** The T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927–28 In English Football
The 1927–28 season was the 53rd season of competitive football in England. Events This was the season in which Dixie Dean scored 60 goals in 39 league appearances for Everton – more than half of their total for the season (102). Honours Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition Football League First Division Second Division Third Division North Third Division South Top goalscorers First Division * Dixie Dean ( Everton) – 60 goals Second Division *Jimmy Cookson (West Bromwich Albion) – 38 goals Third Division North * Joe Smith (Stockport County) – 38 goals Third Division South * Harry Morris (Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at ...) – 38 goals References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln City F
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1919–20 In English Football
The 1919–1920 season was the 45th season of competitive football in England, and the first following the end of World War I. Honours Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition Football League Following the War The Football League grew from 40 to 44 teams. The failure of Glossop to be re-elected to the league meant that five new clubs joined the league. A resurrected Stoke, along with Coventry City, South Shields, Rotherham County and West Ham United joined the Second Division. Six of the seven players banned for their involvement in the 1915 British football betting scandal were re-instated in recognition of their service to the country during World War I. Sandy Turnbull's re-instatement was posthumous as he had been killed in the war. Enoch West, who had fought his ban more vigorously than the others, was denied re-instatement. First Division Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Hooper (footballer)
Charles "Carl" Hooper (23 October 1903 – 10 August 1972) was an English footballer who made 40 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City, Chesterfield and Norwich City. He played in non-league football for numerous teams in his native north-east of England, in the Midland League for York City, and was on the books of Notts County and Sheffield Wednesday without representing either in the league. He played as an inside forward. Hooper's brother Mark played 500 Football League games for Darlington and Sheffield Wednesday, and other brothers Bill and Danny Danny is a masculine given name. It is related to the male name Daniel. It may refer to: People *Danny Altmann, British immunologist *Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer *Danny Baker (born 1957), English journalis ... also played league football. References 1903 births 1972 deaths Footballers from Darlington English men's footballers Men's association football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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