Player Details

Real Name: Samuel Booth
Normal Position: Right Back
Height: 5'10
Weight: 12st 6lbs
Born: 30/01/1910 (Northwich)
Died: 25/01/1956 (Margate)

A burly full-back who played (marking Nieuwenhuys) in the Crystal Palace team that took Liverpool to a replay in the F.A. Cup Third Round in January 1938, he made his debut for Southport as a replacement for Bob Hodgkiss but was omitted after two games. A rugged type of back who was strong in the tackle and packed a hard shot, he specialised in free kicks for the Reserves for whom he played 28 Lancashire Combination games. A wall collapsed on him as he was walking down the street but he recovered in time to turn out the following day. He was famous for his full-throated laugh. He saw active war service in North Africa and the Normandy D-Day landings, where he had a lucky escape when a bomb exploded nearby and threw him about 10 yards; a blood clot later caused a lung to collapse. He returned to live in Margate but died while still only 44 from cancer of the leg, originally contracted in North Africa during the Second World War.

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Cambrian Cup, Conference League Cup, English Jubilee Fund, FA Cup , FA Trophy , Football League Cup, Lancashire Floodlit Trophy, Lancashire Junior Cup, Lancashire League Medal Competition, Lancashire Senior Cup, League, Liverpool Senior Cup, Northern Premier League Cup, Northern Premier League Shield, PLAY OFFS , President's Cup, President's Inter League, Third Division (North) Cup, Welsh Cup,