1902 | Steve Bloomer | Derby County | W.D. & H.O. WILLS | FOOTBALL SERIES | Graded PSA 4
1902 | Steve Bloomer | Derby County | W.D. & H.O. WILLS | FOOTBALL SERIES | Graded PSA 4
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Card Population: 43 known graded
Year: 1902
Trade Brand: W.D. & H.O. WILLS
Collection: Football Series
Card No: 9
Player / Subject: Steven Bloomer
Certificate of authenticity: PSA graded
For soccer / football cards
Club featured on card: Derby County
Player position: forward
Player record:
| Senior career* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1891 | Derby Midland | ||
| 1891–1906 | Derby County | 376 | (240) |
| 1906–1910 | Middlesbrough | 125 | (59) |
| 1910–1914 | Derby County | 98 | (53) |
| Total | 599 | (352) | |
| International career | |||
| 1895–1907 | England | 23 | (28) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1914 | Britannia Berlin 92 | ||
| 1918 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | ||
| 1920–1922 | Derby County | ||
| 1922 | Grenadier Guards | ||
| 1922–1923 | Derby County | ||
| 1923–1925 | Real Unión | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Other notable history:
Seen as the first super star footballer. 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 535 First Division games he scored 314 goals and, after Jimmy Greaves, he is the second-highest all-time goalscorer in the top-flight of English football. He also scored 28 goals in 23 appearances for England. He helped Derby to win the Second Division title in 1911–12, and to finish 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 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.
Condition: PSA grade 4 - very good to excellent.
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