Ted Braithwaite

Ted Braithwaite
Personal information
Full name Edward Braithwaite
Date of birth (1902-12-12)12 December 1902
Place of birth Salford, England
Date of death 1990 (aged 87–88)[1]
Height 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[2]
Position(s) inside forward / Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1921 New Cross
1921–1924 Bradford City 17 (2)
1924–1929 Reading 133 (22)
1929–1933 Swindon Town 142 (6)
1933–1935 Margate
1935–1936 Ramsgate
1936–1937 Canterbury Waverley
1937 Ashford
Total 292 (30)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Braithwaite (12 December 1902 – 1990) was an English footballer who made 292 appearances in the Football League for Bradford City, Reading and Swindon Town.

Born in Salford he was signed from New Cross[1] of the Manchester Football League by Bradford City in December 1921.[3][4] Between 1921 and 1924 he made a total of 17 appearances in Bradford’s colours in the Football League (2 in the Football League First Division and 15 in Football League Second Division) and 1 in the FA Cup.[5] Both goals he scored for 'The Bantams' were in a Division 2 home fixture against Fulham in December 1922.[6]

In the summer of 1924 he signed with Reading[7] then of the Football League Third Division South and was a regular member of the team that were the 1925–1926 champions of that division and promoted to Division Two. After a further three seasons with 'The Biscuitmen' in the summer of 1929 Braithwaite was transferred to Third Division South club Swindon Town for a fee, decided by tribunal, of £100 (Reading had wanted £500).[8] He remained with Swindon Town for four seasons before at the end of the 1932–1933 season (in which the team finished at the foot of the Division Three South table), in a clear-out of players, he was not retained by the club.[9]

During the close season Braithwaite signed for Margate[10] who subsequently were runners-up of the Eastern Division of the 1933–34 Southern Football League. After a second season with Margate, over the following three seasons he appeared for three different Kent League clubs: in 1935–36 for a full season with Ramsgate;[11] then in mid-season 1936–37 with Canterbury Waverley;[12] and finally with Ashford[13] during the early part of the following season.

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. ^ "The lure of promotion. Bradford City". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
  3. ^ Frost, p. 392
  4. ^ "Sporting Items". Nottingham Evening Post. Nottingham. 8 December 1921. p. 4.
  5. ^ Frost, p. 380
  6. ^ Frost, p. 200
  7. ^ "Football Latest: Reading F.C. Sign Bradford City Forward". Reading Observer. Reading. 19 July 1924. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Swindon Town F.C: Annual Report: Another New Player". North Wilts Herald. Swindon. 14 June 1929. p. 11.
  9. ^ "Nearly A Clean Sweep: Swindon Retain Only Four Players". North Wilts Herald. Swindon. 5 May 1933. p. 16.
  10. ^ "Strength Of Margate". The People. London. 13 August 1933. p. 17.
  11. ^ "Braithwaite Joins Ramsgate". Thanet Advertiser. Ramsgate. 3 September 1935. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Waves Missed Chances". Kentish Express. Ashford. 4 December 1936.
  13. ^ "New Players For Kent Football". Kentish Express. Ashford. 13 August 1937. p. 13 August 1937.