Friday, December 7 – 1945 Sympathy for Manager “John “Sailor” Hunter, of Motherwell. His younger son, Pilot Officer Robert Hunter, R.A.F., has been killed in
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The death of George Collister
May 13, 1945 Sub-Lieut. George Collister, aged 23, R.N.V.R., only son of Mr. and Mrs. Collister, of Newborough-avenue, Crosby, has been killed in a road
Cooper killed in an accident
Tuesday, June 25 – 1940 One of the finest full backs English football has known and one of the nicest of men, Tommy Cooper, idol
Footballer’s father killed
Tuesday, June 17 – 1930 Robert Jackson (82), retired master mariner, of Stuart Road, Walton, Liverpool, and father of George Jackson, Tranmere Rovers F.C. full
Everton’s assistant trainer killed in accident
Thursday, June 27 – 1929 Mr. Bertram Smith, of Liverpool, assistant trainer to the Everton Football Club, was found dead at Gronat, near Prestatyn, this
Scottish footballer shot dead
June 6, 1926 Victim of American bandits Andrew Stenhouse, a Scottish footballer, who formerly played for King’s Park F.C., has been shot dead by bandits
Famous footballer shot dead
November 10, 1923 Aston Villa centre half Ex-policeman arrested after street drama Thomas Ball, the Aston Villa centre half-back, was shot dead outside his house
Donald Sloan killed in action
Saturday, January 27 – 1917 I deeply regret to announce that another footballer has been killed. Although it must be seven years since Donald Sloan
Fourth brother to fall
Friday, January 26 – 1917 The relatives in Belfast of Private Donald Sloan, Black Watch, the well-known League International footballer, have received official intimation that
Manslaughter verdict against Sandy Young
June 21, 1916 The verdict against the former Everton centre-forward, Sandy Young, in the case tried in Australia will come as a shock to sportspeople
Anecdote from South-West Africa
November 26, 1915 This is an anecdote which came from South-West Africa. During the days when the British force was endeavoring to close in on
22 killed and 200 injured in Glasgow football disaster
April 5, 1902 The collapse of a stand in Glasgow. Game played whilst people lay dying. An appalling accident, unprecedented in the annals of football
A fearful fall at Blackpool
July 12, 1893 Yesterday morning a labourer named William Campbell, of Liverpool, brother to W.C. Campbell, of Everton football fame, fell from the Eiffel Tower
Anfield woman cut in two
August 15, 1892 Mrs. J.R. Williams, the wife of a Liverpool contractor, living in Anfield Road, was on Monday afternoon knocked down by a passenger
"Play Up, Liverpool" 
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