Amos Baddeley (1885 – 1957) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackpool and Stoke.[1]

Amos Baddeley
Personal information
Full name Amos Baddeley[1]
Date of birth 1885
Place of birth Fegg Hayes, Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 3 Nov 1957 (aged 72)Sydney Australia [1]
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906 Fegg Hayes
1906–1908 Stoke 19 (6)
1908–1909 Blackpool 32 (3)
1909–1912 Stoke 73 (42)
1912 Walsall
1913 Abertillery
1914 Ebbw Vale
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Baddeley started playing football for his local amateur side in Fegg Hayes.[1] He was signed up by league side Stoke in 1906 after poor finances lead to the club looking in the local leagues for players.[1] He made his professional debut in a 3–1 defeat away at Sunderland in March 1907. Baddeley became a regular in the side the following season as he played 15 matches scoring six goals during the 1907–08 season. However Stoke's financial crisis worsened and the club entered into liquidation.[1]

As a result, Stoke left the Football League and thus many of their players left the club. Baddeley joined Blackpool for the 1908–09 season before re-joining Stoke in the Birmingham and District league. He developed a prolific strike partnership with Arthur Griffiths as the two of them scored 60 league goals between them during the 1909–10 season. He played one more season for Stoke before leaving in 1912 to join Walsall. He later went on to play for Abertillery and became player-manager at Ebbw Vale.

Career statistics

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Source:[2]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke 1906–07 First Division 4 0 0 0 4 0
1907–08 Second Division 15 6 0 0 15 6
Total 19 6 0 0 19 6
Blackpool 1908–09 Second Division 32 3 2 0 34 3
Stoke 1909–10 Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two 30 24 2 1 32 25
1910–11 Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two 42 18 3 3 45 21
1911–12 Southern League Division One 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 73 42 5 4 78 46
Career Total 124 51 7 4 131 55

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ Amos Baddeley at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)