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WILLIAM BALMER played for eleven seasons
at Everton before joining the Robins.
He played for England in
the 1-1 draw against Ireland in 1905 at
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JACK COCK played for a number of
Football League clubs and guested once for the Robins
during the war. He won both his
England caps during the 1919-1920
season.
Click on his photo to see a clip of him playing in
1920 against Tottenham Hotspur - he is the player in the dark shirt
falling to the ground.
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ROBERT EVANS,
who also played for Blackburn Rovers, Coventry City and Wrexham,
won a total of ten caps for Wales between 1902 and 1912. |
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DAVID GARDNER
won his single international cap in 1897, playing for
Scotland against Wales. Then with
Third Lanark, he joined the
Common from West Ham United ten years later. |
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HARRY HADLEY
spent seven years at WBA,
and also appeared for Aston Villa, Nottingham
Forest and Southampton, before
moving to Croydon
Common. He won his England cap in
1903. |
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JOHN LEWIS won a
single cap, appearing for Wales in a 1-0 home defeat against England in
1906. In doing so, he became the first
Bristol Rovers player to win an international cap. |
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JACK HARROW
transferred to Chelsea from Croydon Common and
played 400 times for the Blues. He won his two
England caps late in his long career.
Click on his photo to see a short clip of him leading out Chelsea in
1920.
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ALBERT HODGKINSON
was capped by Wales against Ireland in 1908. As well
as playing for Croydon Common, he also
had spells at several Football League clubs. |
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SAM WOLSTENHOLME
won three England caps; the first
when he was at Everton and the other
two while with Blackburn Rovers.
He joined Norwich City
after leaving the Robins. |
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ERNEST WILLIAMSON
was the goalkeeper for
Croydon Common for three seasons before
he joined first
Arsenal and then Norwich City. He won both
his England caps in May 1923
against Sweden.
Click on his photo to see a clip of him in
action for Arsenal against Newcastle in 1919. He is the goalie in
the dark jumper. |
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ATTILIO FRESIA won his
sole cap playing for Italy against Belgium in May 1913 while at the
Andrea Doria club. At Croydon Common, he failed to appear for the first
team, having previously suffered the same fate at Reading. |
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ERNEST COLEMAN
won an
England cap in March 1921, while playing in
goal for amateur non-league club Dulwich Hamlet. He was also an amateur
international and his one game for Croydon Common was in 1912. |