| Ted Braithwaite | |
| Fullname: | Edward Braithwaite |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Salford, England |
| Height: | [1] |
| Years1: | 1921 |
| Clubs1: | New Cross |
| Years2: | 1921–1924 |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 1924–1929 |
| Clubs3: | Reading |
| Caps3: | 133 |
| Goals3: | 22 |
| Years4: | 1929–1933 |
| Caps4: | 142 |
| Goals4: | 6 |
| Years5: | 1933–1935 |
| Years6: | 1935–1936 |
| Clubs6: | Ramsgate |
| Years7: | 1936–1937 |
| Clubs7: | Canterbury Waverley |
| Years8: | 1937 |
| Clubs8: | Ashford |
| Totalcaps: | 292 |
| Totalgoals: | 30 |
Edward Braithwaite (12 December 1902 – 1990) was an English footballer who made 292 appearances in the Football League for Bradford City, Reading and Swindon Town.
Born in Salford he was signed from New Cross[2] of the Manchester Football League by Bradford City in December 1921.[3] [4] Between 1921 and 1924 he made a total of 17 appearances in Bradford’s colours in the Football League (2 in the Football League First Division and 15 in Football League Second Division) and 1 in the FA Cup.[5] Both goals he scored for 'The Bantams' were in a Division 2 home fixture against Fulham in December 1922.[6]
In the summer of 1924 he signed with Reading[7] then of the Football League Third Division South and was a regular member of the team that were the 1925–1926 champions of that division and promoted to Division Two. After a further three seasons with 'The Biscuitmen' in the summer of 1929 Braithwaite was transferred to Third Division South club Swindon Town for a fee, decided by tribunal, of £100 (Reading had wanted £500).[8] He remained with Swindon Town for four seasons before at the end of the 1932–1933 season (in which the team finished at the foot of the Division Three South table), in a clear-out of players, he was not retained by the club.[9]
During the close season Braithwaite signed for Margate[10] who subsequently were runners-up of the Eastern Division of the 1933–34 Southern Football League. After a second season with Margate, over the following three seasons he appeared for three different Kent League clubs: in 1935–36 for a full season with Ramsgate;[11] then in mid-season 1936–37 with Canterbury Waverley;[12] and finally with Ashford[13] during the early part of the following season.