Maurice Edelston

Maurice Edelston
Personal information
Full name Maurice Edelston[1]
Date of birth 27 April 1918
Place of birth Hull, England
Date of death 30 January 1976(1976-01-30) (aged 57)[1]
Place of death Tilehurst, England[1]
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1937 Fulham 3 (0)
Wimbledon
1937–1938 Brentford 21 (6)
Corinthian
1939–1952 Reading 205 (72)
1952–1953 Northampton Town 40 (17)
International career
1936 Great Britain 2 (0)
1937–1947 England Amateurs 8 (7)
1941–1942 England (wartime) 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maurice Edelston (27 April 1918 – 30 January 1976)[2] was an English footballer, who later became a sports commentator.[3] Born in Hull, England,[1] he was son of the Hull City footballer Joe Edelston.[3] At the age of 18, he played in the football tournament in the 1936 Berlin Olympics for Great Britain.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d "Maurice Edelston". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. ^ "English National Football Archive". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-9552949-1-4.
  4. ^ "Maurice Edelston". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.