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FullnameSimeon Raleigh
Birth date24 March 1909
Birth placeBrinsworth, Rotherham, England
Death date1 December 1934 (aged 25)
Death placeRochester, England
PositionInside-forward
Years 11929–1930
Years 21930–1932
Years 31932–1934
Clubs 1Huddersfield Town
Clubs 2Hull City
Clubs 3Gillingham[1]
Caps 10
Goals 10
Caps 231
Goals 222
Caps 383
Goals 334
Totalcaps114
Totalgoals56
Club-update15 August 2007

Simeon Raleigh (24 March 1909 – 1 December 1934) was an English professional footballer.

Raleigh's clubs included Huddersfield Town, Hull City and Gillingham. While playing for Gillingham in a match against Brighton & Hove Albion on 1 December 1934, he was injured in a clash of heads with an opponent, and continued to play but collapsed later in the game and died in hospital that night. The club raised over for his widow and young son.[2]

References

  1. ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 26. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  2. ^ Triggs, Roger (1984). Gillingham Football Club: A Chronology 1893-1984. Kent County Libraries. p. 13.