William Crisp Rose (1 December 1861 – 2 February 1937) was an English international

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who played as a

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Early and personal life

Born in Euston, Middlesex, Rose was the eldest of three sons; their father was a carpenter, a trade which Rose also later practiced. The family later moved to

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. He married in August 1886; his wife died by the end of the year. He had a second marriage in September 1896, and four children.

Career

Rose began his career with

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, Swifts, Swindon Victoria,

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, Warwick County,

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and Loughborough Town. He won the

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once and was runner-up twice. He earned five caps for

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between 1884 and 1891.

Later life and death

By 1891 he was the hotel manager of a pub in

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, at which his younger brother was a barman. By 1901 he was a 'beerhouse keeper' in

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, and by 1911 he was the manager of a pub in Birmingham. He also worked as a tobacconist in Bordesley. He slipped outside a shop and died on 2 February 1937, aged 75.

References

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