Teddy Davison
English footballer and manager (1887-1971) · United Kingdom · On the map · Footballers · Died at 83
John Edward Davison was an English footballer and manager who had a long and successful association with the football clubs of Sheffield, playing for The Wednesday for 18 years and later managing Sheffield United for 20 years.
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- Fred Kean Teammate at Sheffield Wednesday F.C., 1920-1926
- Len Armitage Teammate at Sheffield Wednesday F.C., 1914-1920
Patrick O'Connell Teammate at Sheffield Wednesday F.C., 1909-1912- Ernie Blenkinsop Teammate at Sheffield Wednesday F.C., 1923-1926
- Frank Bradshaw Teammate at Sheffield Wednesday F.C., 1908-1910
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His fairness and diplomacy earned him the nicknames of "The George Washington of Sheffield football" and "Honest Ted". Davison played as a goalkeeper in a career which lasted between 1908 and 1926, making 424 appearances in all competitions for The Wednesday, his only league club. Davison was only 5 ft 7 in tall, very small for a goalkeeper, but he made up for this with lightning reflexes and top class anticipation. He has gone down in football records as the smallest goalkeeper ever to play for England, making just one appearance for the national team in March 1922.
