Teddy Morse

Teddy Morse
Personal information
Full name	Edward Morse
Date of birth	1870
Place of birth	Hanley, Staffordshire, England
Position(s)	Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1895–1898	Burslem Port Vale
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Morse (born 1870; date of death unknown) was an English 19th-century footballer. He played 46 games (including 13 in the Football League and 25 in the Midland League) for Burslem Port Vale in the late 1890s.

Career[edit]

Morse joined Burslem Port Vale in February 1895.^[1] His debut came, rather unfortunately, in a 10–0 defeat at Notts County on 26 February; this was his only Second Division appearance of the 1894–95 season.^[1] He became a first-team regular from March 1896, playing 12 league games at the end of the 1895–96 campaign.^[1] However, he failed to rejoin the club after the 1897–98 season, despite the club retaining him.^[1] Perhaps this was in part to his experiences that season; he was 'hurled under the waggonette' by the crowd after Vale won 1–0 at Doncaster Rovers on 27 March 1897 in a Midland League match, and he was also sent off the next week at the Athletic Ground in a 1–0 loss to Ilkeston Town after punching an opponent who Morse claimed bit him on the nose.^[1]

Career statistics[edit]

Source:^[2]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burslem Port Vale	1894–95	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1895–96	Second Division	12	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
	1896–97	Midland League	25	1	2	0	5	0	32	1
	1897–98	Midland League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		38	1	2	0	6	0	46	1

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 206. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Teddy Morse at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

[kent-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 206. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.

[2] Teddy Morse at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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