Percy Fairclough
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox football biography Percy Fairclough (1 February 1858 – 22 June 1947) was an English amateur footballer who made one appearance for England in 1878.
Football career
Fairclough was born in Mile End, east London and was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow, where he played for the school football team.[1]
After leaving school, he joined the Old Foresters. In 1878, shortly after his twentieth birthday, he was selected by England for the match at Hampden Park, Glasgow against Scotland on 2 March. Although England "fielded a side they thought capable of defeating the Scots, ...(they) returned home with a humiliating 7-2 defeat",[2] with three of the Scottish goals coming from John McDougall.[3] Fairclough was described as a "powerful if somewhat ungainly forward".[1]
He subsequently joined the Corinthian club, although he does not appear to have actually played for them.[4]
Life outside football
He was killed on 22 June 1947 in a road accident at the age of 89.[1][5]
References
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- 1858 births
- Footballers from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- People from Mile End
- 1947 deaths
- People educated at Forest School, Walthamstow
- English men's footballers
- England men's international footballers
- Corinthian F.C. players
- Road incident deaths in England
- Old Foresters F.C. players
- Men's association football forwards