Maurice Edelston
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maurice Edelston[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 April 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Hull, England | ||
| Date of death | 30 January 1976 (aged 57)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Tilehurst, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) |
Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1935–1937 | Fulham | 3 | (0) |
| Wimbledon | |||
| 1937–1938 | Brentford | 21 | (6) |
| Corinthian | |||
| 1939–1952 | Reading | 205 | (72) |
| 1952–1953 | Northampton Town | 40 | (17) |
| International career | |||
| 1936 |
Great Britain | 2 | (0) |
| 1937–1947 |
England Amateurs | 8 | (7) |
| 1941–1942 | England (wartime) | 5 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Maurice Edelston (27 April 1918 – 30 January 1976)Great Britain.[4]
Playing career
Edelston played
Broadcasting career
Around the late 1950s he went into broadcasting and was a regular
BBC television and Southern Television. Although most of his commentaries were on football, he also covered tennis, especially Wimbledon
.
He was a summariser on England's
European finals and England matches, as well as a number of league title deciders (Arsenal's victory at Tottenham Hotspur in 1971, and Wolves' defeat of Leeds which handed the title to Derby County
in 1972). He also co-wrote the books Masters of Soccer and Wickets, Tries and Goals.
By the mid-1970s, his career was somewhat in decline as the emergence of
Bayern Munich beat Leeds United four days later. However, he continued to cover tennis during the summer of 1975 and was still broadcasting regularly when he died suddenly from a heart attack in Tilehurst on 30 January 1976,[7] aged 57.[1]
Legacy
A library at the Reading Blue Coat School is named after him,[8] as is an award that Reading present to the outstanding schoolboy in their Academy.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Maurice Edelston". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ "English National Football Archive". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9552949-1-4.
- ^ "Maurice Edelston". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Maurice Edelston". 11v11.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Awards for our future stars". Readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
External links
- Maurice Edelston at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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