Angus Cameron Seed MM (6 February 1893 – 7 February 1953) was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his 16 years as manager of Barnsley in the Football League.[3] He had a long playing career as a right back in non-League football and after retiring,[1] he was Aldershot's first-ever manager and worked as a scout for Charlton Athletic.[4][5]
Personal life
Seed's younger brother Jimmy was also a professional footballer, who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Sheffield Wednesday and England.[6] Angus Seed served in the 2nd and 17th Battalions of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[7] On the night of 1–2 June 1916, he won the Military Medal for his actions as a stretcher bearer on Vimy Ridge,[8] dragging wounded men back to the British dugouts under heavy fire.[6] One of the men Seed dragged back, former Arsenal assistant trainer Tom Ratcliff, later became Seed's trainer at Barnsley.[9] Later in June 1916, Seed received a shrapnel wound in the right hip,[10] which eventually caused him to retire from football.[2] He died of chronic bronchitis at Kendray Hospital in Barnsley on 7 February 1953.[2]
Honours
Aldershot
- Southern League Eastern Division: 1929–30[4]
Barnsley
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leicester Fosse | 1913–14[11] | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| St Bernard's | 1919–20[12] | Central League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Broxburn United | 1922–23[12] | Scottish Second Division | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Career total | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 259. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d O'Kane, Doug. "Comment: No real excuses for Barnsley's dismal run, unlike in 1953". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Angus Seed". League Managers Association. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ a b "The Manager Issue 22". www.themanager-magazine.com. p. 18. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ "Sam Bartram: Eternal showman". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ a b Hutchinson, John. "Leicester Fosse and the First World War: Part 10". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ "Angus Cameron Seed | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 163. ISBN 978-0857330772.
- ^ Phillips, Owen; Aloia, Andrew. "The Last Pass". BBC News. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ Riddoch & Kemp 2010, p. 106.
- ^ "Angus Seed | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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