Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maurice Edelston[1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 April 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Hull, England | ||
Date of death | 30 January 1976[1] | (aged 57)||
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]