Sam Weller Widdowson
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Sam Weller Widdowson (16 April 1851[1] – 9 May 1927[2]) was an English sportsman of the Victorian era. He played cricket for Nottinghamshire[3] and association football for Nottingham Forest and also played once for the England national football team, against Scotland in 1880.[1] Widdowson is also credited with inventing football shin pads in 1874 when he cut down a pair of cricket pads and strapped them outside his stockings. Initially, the concept was ridiculed but it soon caught on with other players,[3] and shin pads are now required by the Laws of the Game.[4] He later became a football referee and was in charge of the first ever match in which goal nets were used.[3] He was Nottingham Forest chairman from 1879 to 1884.[5]
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- 1851 births
- 1927 deaths
- Sportspeople from Hucknall
- Footballers from Nottinghamshire
- Cricketers from Nottinghamshire
- English men's footballers
- English cricketers
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- England men's international footballers
- Nottinghamshire cricketers
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