Edward Henry May (26 September 1865 – 6 January 1941) was an English

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who played for Notts Rangers,

Burslem Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley of ...

, Notts County, and Nottingham Forest in the 1880s and 1890s.

Career

May played for Notts Rangers before joining

in the summer of 1886. He made his debut at the Athletic Ground in a 7–0 defeat to

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in a

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on 6 September. He enjoyed regular football, helping the club to the Third Round of the FA Cup in 1886–87, until March 1887 when he departed for Notts County. He returned to Burslem on business in September 1887. He rejoined the Vale, playing regular football once more until he returned to Nottingham in the summer of 1888. He scored three goals in 11 league games in the

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in the 1888–89 season, and featured in 18 league games in the 1889–90 campaign. He went on to play in the Football Alliance for Nottingham Forest before he joined Second Division club

Burton Swifts Burton Swifts Football Club was a football club based in Burton upon Trent, England. Established in 1871, the club joined the Football League in 1892, remaining members until merging with Burton Wanderers to form Burton United in 1901. History ...

in 1892. He scored eight goals in 24 league and cup appearances for the Swifts in the 1892–93 season and later played for

, Greenhalgh's, and

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Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:May, Teddy 1865 births 1941 deaths Footballers from Kingston upon Hull English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Notts Rangers F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Burton Swifts F.C. players Midland Football League players English Football League players