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Sam Spiby

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Sam Spiby
Personal information
Full name Samuel Spiby[1]
Date of birth 1877 (1877)
Place of birth Ashton-under-Lyne, England
Date of death 1953 (aged 75–76)[1]
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900 Glossop 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Spiby (1877–1953) was an English footballer who made one appearance in the Football League for Glossop as an inside left.[1]

Personal life

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Spiby served in the King's (Liverpool Regiment) and the Manchester Regiment during the First World War.[2] He was court-martialed at Altcar Camp, Merseyside in July 1916 and finished the war as a private in the Labour Corps.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 274. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "Samuel Spiby | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 December 2018.