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Eddie Werge

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Eddie Werge
Personal information
Date of birth 9 September 1936[1]
Place of birth Sidcup, Greater London
Date of death 2007 (aged 70–71)
Position(s) Winger/wing half
Youth career
?–1957 Bexleyheath and Welling
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1961 Charlton Athletic 44 (19)
1961–1965 Crystal Palace 83 (6)
1965–1966 Arcadia Shepherds ? (?)
1966–1968 Leyton Orient 33 (0)
1968–? Bexley United ? (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Werge (9 September 1936[2] – 2007) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger or wing half. He made a total of 160 appearances in the Football League for Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace and Leyton Orient. He also had a spell in mid-career in South Africa playing for Arcadia Shepherds.

Playing career

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Early career

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Eddie Werge began his youth career at Bexleyheath and Welling (later known as Bexley United) before signing for local professional club, Charlton Athletic in 1957. He made 44 appearances for Charlton between then and 1961, scoring 19 goals.

Crystal Palace, South Africa and Leyton Orient

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In May 1961,[2] Werge signed for Crystal Palace for whom he made 83 appearances,[2] scoring 6 times. Werge spent the 1965–66 season in South African football playing for Arcadia Shepherds before returning to England in December 1966[2] when he signed for Leyton Orient, where he finished his professional career.

Later career

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In 1968, having made a further 33 appearances for Orient, (no goals) he moved back into non-league football with Bexleyheath, by this time known as Bexley United.

After his football career ended, Werge became a driving instructor.[3]

Eddie Werge died in 2007 aged 70 or 71.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Eddie Werge". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1989). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 344. ISBN 0907969542.
  3. ^ "Where are they now?: Werge,Eddie". where-are-they-now.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  4. ^ King, Ian (April 2012). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–2011. p. 554. ISBN 9781780910468.
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  • Eddie Werge at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database