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Joe Wilson (footballer, Born 1883)
Joseph Wilson (10 April 1883 – 6 June 1945) was an English professional association football, footballer who played as a centre half in the English Football League, Football League for Blackburn Rovers. He also played for Brighton & Hove Albion and Millwall F.C., Millwall of the Southern Football League, Southern League, and played for Southern Football League XI, that league's representative team. Personal life Wilson was born in 1883 in Westhoughton, near Wigan in Lancashire. Before becoming a professional footballer, he worked as a collier. Wilson married Ann Ellen Settle in 1908. The 1911 Census records the couple living in East Ferry Road, Millwall, with their baby son, also named Joseph. The 1939 Register finds Wilson employed as a railway wagon builder and living in Central Drive, Westhoughton, with his wife and three children of working age. He was still resident at that address when he died, in June 1945 at the age of 62. Football career Wilson played football for Wig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westhoughton
Westhoughton ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, southwest of Bolton, east of Wigan and northwest of Manchester.AA Route Planner . URL accessed 29 May 2007. Within the boundaries of the historic county of , Westhoughton was once a centre for coal mining, cotton-spinning and |
