Samuel Young (14 February 1883 – 28 November 1954) was an Irish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a winger. Young played club football in Ireland, Scotland and England for Linfield, Airdrie and Portsmouth. Young also played at international level for Ireland, scoring two goals in the

1914 British Home Championship This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide schedu ...

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1883 births Irish association footballers (before 1923) Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers Linfield F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Portsmouth F.C. players Scottish Football League players Men's association football wingers 1954 deaths Southern Football League players {{NorthernIreland-footy-bio-stub