Steve Bloomer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Steve Bloomer

English footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1874

Place of Birth: West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Apr-1938

Profession: association football manager, association football player, baseball player, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


Show Famous Birthdays Today, United Kingdom

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Steve Bloomer

  • Stephen Bloomer (20 January 1874 – 16 April 1938) was an England international footballer and manager who played for Derby County – becoming their record goalscorer – and Middlesbrough.
  • The anthem Steve Bloomer's Watchin' is played at every Derby home game and there is a bust of him at the Pride Park Stadium.
  • He is also listed in the Football League 100 Legends and English Football Hall of Fame. During his career Bloomer was a prolific goalscorer for both club and country.
  • A quick thinking forward, he was able to shoot powerfully and accurately with either foot and his speciality was the daisy cutter – a low shot, hit with great power, speed and accuracy.
  • In 536 First Division games he scored 317 goals and, after Jimmy Greaves, he is the second highest all-time goalscorer in the top-flight.
  • He also scored 28 goals in 23 appearances for England.
  • He helped Derby to win the Second Division title in 1911–12, and to reach second in the First Division in 1895–96; he also played on the losing side in four FA Cup semi-finals and three FA Cup finals (1898, 1899 and 1903). Bloomer also played baseball for Derby County Baseball Club and helped them become British champions three times in the 1890s.
  • After retiring as a footballer he became a coach and worked with clubs in Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.
  • During World War I he was interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp.
  • The highlight of his coaching career came in 1924 when he guided Real Unión to victory in the Copa del Rey.

Read more at Wikipedia

See Also