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Edward Lowe |
name notes |
Edward, not Edmund - Birth Registration says so. |
Birth |
11 July 1925 in Halesowen, Worcestershire [registered in Stourbridge, September 1925]. |
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According to passenger lists, Lowe was part of a group of Fulham FC footballers that left Liverpool, bound for Quebec, on 15 May 1951, on board the Empress of Scotland, under the mastership of E.A. Shergold. |
Death |
**9 March 2009 in Nottingham, aged 83 years 241 days. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Club Career |
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Club(s) |
"As a teenager, Lowe found employment at a tube-works in Birmingham, before moving to London who became the an engineer during the war. While in the capital he guested for Millwall as an amateur, and also represented Finchley and Walthamstow Avenue briefly, before returning to the Midlands. It was while playing for his works side in a cup final that he was discovered by Villa." |
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He represented Finchley FC and Walthamstow Avenue FC briefly, before returning to the Midlands. T urning professional in September 1945, Lowe soon broke into the first team, 104 league appearances followed and three goals**, but results suffered, as did holding down a place, so in May 1950, Lowe, along with his younger brother Reg, were transferred to Fulham FC, both for £15,000. In 1960, Lowe, who had been linked with a move to high-riding Tottenham Hotspur. But** after 473 league appearances for the cottagers, and eight goals**, Lowe accepted a new challenge, and in May 1963, he accepted an offer who became the player-manager of Third Division Notts County. He did play nine times for them, but off-field decisions and lack of progress, he was sacked in the spring of 1965.** |
Club honours |
Football League South runners-up 1945-46; |
Individual honours |
Football of the Year fourth place 1962-63 (as a 37 year old); |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
5 ' 11", 11st. 3lbs [1949]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
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Player number |
666th player to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Left-half |
First match |
No. 232, 3 May 1947, England 3 France 0, a friendly match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London, aged 21 years 296 days. |
Last match |
No. 234, 25 May 1947 , Portugal 0 England 10, an end-of-season tour match at Estádio Nacional, Oeiras, Lisboa, aged 21 years 318 days. |
Major tournaments |
None |
Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
The ninth Worcestershirian to represent England. |
Beyond England |
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As a teenager, Lowe found employment at a tube-works in Birmingham, before moving to London who became the an engineer during the war. He served as a "Bevin Boy" in Black Country coal mines towards the end of the Second World War. Still devoted to the game, Lowe scouted briefly for Plymouth Argyle in 1965 while qualifying as an accountant, before earning his livelihood as a purchasing manager for a boiler-making company in Nottingham, where he lived for the rest of his life . - A_n English Football Internationalists' Who's Who._ Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.160./Independent Obituary |
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