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Curtis Booth

Curtis Booth

English footballer and manager


Curtis Booth (12 October 1891 – 29 October 1949), sometimes known as Tommy Booth, was an English football player and manager. He played in the Football League for Newcastle United, Norwich City and Accrington Stanley,[1] for Leeds City as a wartime guest and for Wallsend Elm Villa.[4] After retiring as a player, Booth managed Accrington Stanley, Wormatia Worms, RC Paris and coached in Germany, Turkey and the Netherlands.[5][6][2]

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Personal life

Booth enlisted in the British Army in December 1915 to fight in the First World War.[2] He served as a private in the Durham Light Infantry and saw action on the Somme and at the Third Ypres.[7] Booth was wounded in action at Villers-Bretonneux in August 1918 and was demobilized in August 1919.[2]

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References

  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 135. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. "Curtis Booth – Newcastle United and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. "Optimists of the North. Accrington Stanley". Athletic News. Manchester. 6 August 1923. p. 6.
  4. "Leeds United F.C. History". www.ozwhitelufc.net.au. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. "Managers". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. "Wounded – But became a football coach". Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

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