Ted Sagar

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playername= Ted Sagar


fullname = Edward Sagar
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dateofbirth = birth date|1910|2|7|df=y
cityofbirth = Moorends
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1986|10|16|1910|2|7|df=y
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position = Goalkeeper
years = 1929-1953
clubs = Everton
caps(goals) = 0463 (0)
nationalyears = 1935-1936
nationalteam = England
Northern Ireland "Wartime"
nationalcaps(goals) = 04 (0)
01 (0)
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Edward "Ted" Sagar (7 February 1910 at Moorends in Yorkshire - 16 October 1986) played football for Everton and England. [ [http://www.toffeeweb.com/history/legends/Sagar.asp Toffeeweb] ] [ [http://www.evertonfc.com/history/ted-sagar.html Everton F.C. Millennium Giant] ] [ [http://www.efchistory.co.uk/Ted%20sagar.htm The History of Everton Football Club] ]

He was known as a fearless goalkeeper of great ability. He was quite light in an era when goalkeepers were barged into more often than today. He joined Everton as an apprentice in 1929 after playing for Thorne Colliery in Yorkshire and made in debut in 1930. He played in the championship winning sides of 1931-32 and 1938-39 and the FA Cup winning side of 1933.

He made 499 appearances for Everton. This goalkeeping record for the club was only beaten by Neville Southall in the 1994. For seven seasons during World War II, professional football was suspended, and so Sagar could have easily added another 300 appearances in that time to extend his record.

He retired from playing in 1952 and ran a pub in Aintree. He died in October 1986, aged 76. He is remembered with great affection and respect by all who knew him.

Sagar played four times for England, as well as once for Northern Ireland during the war.

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