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Fullname: | Simeon Raleigh |
Birth Date: | 24 March 1909 |
Birth Place: | Brinsworth, Rotherham, England |
Death Place: | Rochester, England |
Position: | Inside-forward |
Years1: | 1929–1930 |
Years2: | 1930–1932 |
Years3: | 1932–1934 |
Clubs3: | Gillingham[1] |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Caps2: | 31 |
Goals2: | 22 |
Caps3: | 83 |
Goals3: | 34 |
Totalcaps: | 114 |
Totalgoals: | 56 |
Club-Update: | 15 August 2007 |
Simeon Raleigh (24 March 1909 – 1 December 1934) was an English professional footballer.
Raleigh's clubs included Huddersfield Town, Hull City and Gillingham. While playing for Gillingham in a match against Brighton & Hove Albion on 1 December 1934, he was injured in a clash of heads with an opponent, and continued to play but collapsed later in the game and died in hospital that night. The club raised over for his widow and young son.[2]