03-12-2022, 03:01
December 3:
Don McEvoy was born in Golcar on this date in 1928. Originally a centre forward, he was converted to centre half soon after signing for Huddersfield Town in 1947 and formed a great half back line with Bill McGarry and Len Quested.
He didn't make his first team debut until 50/51 when he played away at Sunderland, but later in that season he made the number 5 shirt his own and kept it for the next few seasons. He was part of the unchanged defensive line up that played in every league match of the promotion season in 52/53 and played 35 times in the next season when we finished 3rd in Division One.
Early in the next season though, he was sold to Sheffield Wednesday, where he skippered t'Owls to the Second Division title in 55/56. After Hillsborough, he went to Lincoln, then Barrow, before hanging up his boots and becoming manager of Halifax Town.
He left the Shay to go back to Barrow as manager. In 1967, he became the only manager in their history to win promotion up to the 3rd Division. He then went to manage Grimsby and Southport before going back to Barrow to try and get them back up again. He couldn't and so left football for good, turning his attention instead to running the Crown pub in Brighouse.
He didn't turn his back completely of football. He was the expert summariser on Radio Leeds for a few years.
Don died in 2004, aged 75.
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After winning the league three times in a row, Town then finished as runners up in 1926/27 to Newcastle. The following season, 27/28 started out in terrible form, losing the first three games leaving us bottom of the league. But by the time this date came around in 1927, we had moved up to 11th, nicely poised for a tilt at another title chase.
By the end of the day, our brave lads would be up to 7th. That was after Herbert Chapman brought his Arsenal team up to Leeds Road to see if he could get one over his old Huddersfield team. Town had recently beaten Cardiff 8-2 and Sheffield United 7-1, but the crowd of 15,140 had to settle for a 2-1 win today.
Many of the starting XI had been signed for the club by Chapman, but it was an old hero, now aged 32, Billy Smith who got both of our goals.
By the end of the season, we'd got up to 2nd again, finishing runners up this time to Everton. Chapman's Gunners still hadn't reached their potential and finished the season in 10th.
![[Image: 5Z4XjNs.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/5Z4XjNs.jpg)
Don McEvoy was born in Golcar on this date in 1928. Originally a centre forward, he was converted to centre half soon after signing for Huddersfield Town in 1947 and formed a great half back line with Bill McGarry and Len Quested.
He didn't make his first team debut until 50/51 when he played away at Sunderland, but later in that season he made the number 5 shirt his own and kept it for the next few seasons. He was part of the unchanged defensive line up that played in every league match of the promotion season in 52/53 and played 35 times in the next season when we finished 3rd in Division One.
Early in the next season though, he was sold to Sheffield Wednesday, where he skippered t'Owls to the Second Division title in 55/56. After Hillsborough, he went to Lincoln, then Barrow, before hanging up his boots and becoming manager of Halifax Town.
He left the Shay to go back to Barrow as manager. In 1967, he became the only manager in their history to win promotion up to the 3rd Division. He then went to manage Grimsby and Southport before going back to Barrow to try and get them back up again. He couldn't and so left football for good, turning his attention instead to running the Crown pub in Brighouse.
He didn't turn his back completely of football. He was the expert summariser on Radio Leeds for a few years.
Don died in 2004, aged 75.
After winning the league three times in a row, Town then finished as runners up in 1926/27 to Newcastle. The following season, 27/28 started out in terrible form, losing the first three games leaving us bottom of the league. But by the time this date came around in 1927, we had moved up to 11th, nicely poised for a tilt at another title chase.
By the end of the day, our brave lads would be up to 7th. That was after Herbert Chapman brought his Arsenal team up to Leeds Road to see if he could get one over his old Huddersfield team. Town had recently beaten Cardiff 8-2 and Sheffield United 7-1, but the crowd of 15,140 had to settle for a 2-1 win today.
Many of the starting XI had been signed for the club by Chapman, but it was an old hero, now aged 32, Billy Smith who got both of our goals.
By the end of the season, we'd got up to 2nd again, finishing runners up this time to Everton. Chapman's Gunners still hadn't reached their potential and finished the season in 10th.
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