Seth Lewis Plum (15 July 1899 – 29 November 1969) was an English international

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Plum played professionally for

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

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and

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Chelsea

The 1925–26 season was to be Plum's final season for Chelsea, ending in him featuring on nine occasions, all of which came in March and April 1926. Despite his position as a

, Plum left Stamford Bridge having scored no goals in 27 appearances for the club.

Southend United

On 1 July 1927, Plum joined

, who were then playing in the

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. He started all of his 10 games for the Seasiders before retiring through injury at the age of 28.

International career

Plum received his only cap for

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at age 23 while playing for Charlton Athletic, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–1 win over

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on 10 May 1923.

Later life

In the early 1960s, Plum worked as a petrol pump attendant at a garage in

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References

1899 births 1969 deaths English footballers England men's international footballers Charlton Athletic F.C. players Chelsea F.C. players Southend United F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football wing halves {{England-footy-midfielder-1890s-stub