Teddy Sandford

Teddy Sandford
Personal information
Full name Edward Albert Sandford
Date of birth (1910-10-22)22 October 1910
Place of birth Handsworth, Birmingham, England
Date of death 13 May 1995(1995-05-13) (aged 84)
Place of death West Bromwich, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position Inside forward
Youth career
1929–1930 West Bromwich Albion (amateur)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1930–1939 West Bromwich Albion 286 (67)
1939–1941 Sheffield United 5 (1)
1941–1943 Morris Commercial
International career
1932 England 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Albert Sandford (22 October 1910 – 13 May 1995) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. During his professional career from 1930 to 1943 he represented West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, Morris Commercial and made one appearance for the England national team.

Early life

Sandford was born in Handsworth, Birmingham at a tea room run by his father. Two of his uncles, Abe Jones and Billy Jones, were noted footballers.

Club career

As a youth he played football for Tantany Athletic, Overend Wesley, Birmingham Carriage Works and Smethwick Highfield. In October 1929, while still an amateur, he joined West Bromwich Albion, the club that his uncle Abe Jones had represented between 1896 and 1901.

Sandford turned professional in May 1930 and scored on his senior debut in November of the same year when Albion beat Preston North End 3–2 in a Division Two match. During his first season, he was part of the Albion side that won promotion to the First Division and that also beat Birmingham 2–1 in the 1931 FA Cup Final.

Sandford scored for West Bromwich Albion in the 1935 FA Cup Final.

He joined Sheffield United for £1,500 in 1939, and scored once from five appearances in the 1938–39 Second Division, before finishing his career with Morris Commercial, retiring in May 1943.

International career

In November 1932 he won his only England cap, in a 0–0 draw with Wales at Wrexham. He was called up a number of other times as a reserve player.

Later life and death

Sandford returned to West Bromwich Albion in the late 1940s, serving as a coach and scout. After retiring from playing, he joined his father at the family-run tea room. In later life Sandford lived in Great Barr, Birmingham. He died in Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich, in May 1995 following a stroke.

Personal life

Sandford married Lily Smith in 1937 at St James Church in Handsworth. He had a son, Russell, who played non-League football for Moor Green while working as a teacher.

Honours

West Bromwich Albion

References

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  2. ↑ Thompson, John (28 January 1939). "John Thompson's Sportfolios". Daily Mirror. p. 27. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Vicar "sold" a full-back to "raise the wind"". Sunday Mercury. 26 June 1949. p. 17. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Good football stock". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 31 August 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
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  6. ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday win cup with highest score for 32 years". The Sunday People. 28 April 1935. p. 24. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Albion transfer two internationals". Birmingham Gazette. 17 March 1939. p. 12. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
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  10. ↑ "Short passes". Sports Argus. 12 December 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
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  12. ↑ "Romance of a footballer - Ted Sandford, of West Bromwich, Engaged". Birmingham Gazette. 6 February 1935. p. 7. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  13. ↑ "Ted Sandford's Missions". Sports Argus. 5 February 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "For club & country: Teddy Sandford". West Bromwich Albion F.C. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  15. ↑ "Helped Albion win Cup and promotion". Sports Argus. 24 September 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  16. 1 2 "Teddy Sandford dies, 84". Evening Mail. Birmingham. 16 May 1995. p. 41. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  17. ↑ ""Ted" Sandford married". Evening Despatch. 17 May 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  18. ↑ "Soccer is a golden memory". Black Country Evening Mail. 21 May 1987. p. 13. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  19. ↑ "Ex-Albion player's son weds". Birmingham Evening Mail. 17 December 1960. p. 15. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  20. 1 2 Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 489. ISBN 0354-09018-6.