1924 Hampson, Edwin
Birth Date
17th December 1901
Birthplace
Catcliff near Rotherham, Yorkshire
Occupation
Centre-Half
Biographical Text
Edwin Hampson, a 22-year-old centre-half from near Rotherham, made a number of appearances for Exeter City's reserves during the 1924/25 season. He later became a professional with Nottingham Forest.
Born at Catcliffe, between Rotherham and Sheffield, he was the son of a miner killed in a pit accident in 1916 shortly before brother Ernest was to die in the Great War whilst serving in Belgium.
Catching the eye playing for Treeton Reading Room, a miners' welfare team that played in South Yorkshire football and the FA Cup, Edwin arrived at Exeter City on trial in August 1924 and was retained to make a number of appearances for the club's second string in the Southern League during the opening month or so of the new season.
Returning home to Yorkshire, and having already had an unsuccessful trial with West Bromwich Albion prior to arriving at St James' Park, Edwin had a third crack at professional football when he was briefly on the books of Nottingham Forest during the 1926/27 campaign. Press reports also suggest he spent time with Blackpool although there is some confusion with Jimmy Hampson (no relation) who joined the Tangerines in 1927 and went on the become the club's record scorer before dying in a fishing boat accident in 1938.
Edwin, for his part, was certainly playing for Worksop Town in the Midland League by 1929. Still living in Catcliffe at the outbreak of war in 1939 he is believed to have retired to Cornwall where he died in 1979.
Born at Catcliffe, between Rotherham and Sheffield, he was the son of a miner killed in a pit accident in 1916 shortly before brother Ernest was to die in the Great War whilst serving in Belgium.
Catching the eye playing for Treeton Reading Room, a miners' welfare team that played in South Yorkshire football and the FA Cup, Edwin arrived at Exeter City on trial in August 1924 and was retained to make a number of appearances for the club's second string in the Southern League during the opening month or so of the new season.
Returning home to Yorkshire, and having already had an unsuccessful trial with West Bromwich Albion prior to arriving at St James' Park, Edwin had a third crack at professional football when he was briefly on the books of Nottingham Forest during the 1926/27 campaign. Press reports also suggest he spent time with Blackpool although there is some confusion with Jimmy Hampson (no relation) who joined the Tangerines in 1927 and went on the become the club's record scorer before dying in a fishing boat accident in 1938.
Edwin, for his part, was certainly playing for Worksop Town in the Midland League by 1929. Still living in Catcliffe at the outbreak of war in 1939 he is believed to have retired to Cornwall where he died in 1979.
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