Eddie Cameron (footballer) explained

Eddie Cameron
Height:[1]
Position:Forward
Birth Date:1895
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Death Place:Stafford, England
Years1:1919–1921
Years2:1921–1922
Caps2:6
Goals2:1
Years3:1922–1924
Clubs3:Walsall
Caps3:63
Goals3:4
Years4:1924–1925
Clubs4:Nelson
Caps4:46
Goals4:10
Years5:1925–1928
Clubs5:Stafford Rangers
Years6:1928–1929
Caps6:24
Goals6:9
Years7:1929
Clubs7:Nelson
Caps7:0
Goals7:0
Years8:1929–1931
Clubs8:Stafford Rangers
Years9:1931–1933
Clubs9:Cradley Heath
Years10:1933–1934
Clubs10:Hednesford Town
Years11:1934–193?
Clubs11:Stafford Rangers

Edward S. Cameron (1895 – after 1933) was a Scottish professional footballer who made 139 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, Walsall, Nelson and Exeter City.[2] He played as a forward.

Career

Cameron was born in Glasgow. He began his football career with Clydebank before moving to England to sign for Birmingham in July 1921. Described as "a burly Scot ... never a great goalscorer, but a player who 'employed direct methods'",[3] Cameron made his debut in the First Division on 29 August 1921 in a 2–1 win away at Chelsea. He played five more times, scoring once,[4] but was allowed to leave for Walsall at the end of the 1921–22 season.[3] He played regularly for the club for a little less than two years, then moved up to Nelson of the Second Division in March 1922.[2] [3] Unable to prevent their relegation that season, he contributed to their immediate promotion back to the Second Division in 1924–25.[5]

In 1926 he joined Stafford Rangers, where his prolific goalscoring helped them to the championship of the Birmingham & District League in the 1926–27 season,[6] and helped him earn a return to the Football League with Exeter City. He scored nine goals from 24 Third Division South games – completing his set of all four Football League divisions played in[2]  – before an unsuccessful trial at former club Nelson preceded a return to Stafford Rangers[3] and a runners-up medal in 1929–30.[6] He then won his second Birmingham & District League title, this time with Cradley Heath,[7] and scored goals for Hednesford Town,[8] before finishing off his career with yet another return to Stafford Rangers.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: First Division prospects. Birmingham . Brum . Athletic News . Manchester . 22 August 1921 . 5.
  2. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . SoccerData (Tony Brown) . Nottingham . 2004 . 46 . 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. Book: Matthews, Tony . Birmingham City: A Complete Record . 1995 . Breedon Books . Derby . 77 . 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. Matthews, p. 164.
  5. Web site: Nelson . Football Club History Database . Richard Rundle . 24 May 2009.
  6. Web site: Stafford Rangers F.C. – Club History . Stafford Rangers F.C. . 24 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090510152240/http://www.staffordrangersfc.co.uk/html/history.html . 10 May 2009 . dead .
  7. Web site: Cradley Heath . Football Club History Database . Richard Rundle . 24 May 2009.
  8. Web site: History of Hednesford Town FC . Hednesford Town F.C. . https://web.archive.org/web/20071228232542/http://www.hednesfordtown.com/HTFC-archive-history.htm#LONG . 28 December 2007.