Oldest living Argyle Player

pafcprogs · Mar 21, 2017

Just saw this and set me wondering who this might be for us?

"The National Football Museum are working with Tony Brown (ENFA) to try and identify the oldest living Football League player. This may be an impossible task but we will try! The attached list shows most of the possible candidates so basically do you know of any ex FL player who played at least one first team game for your club and was born before Ivor Broadis (18.12.1922)?

One for Memory Man I think

Trev501 · Mar 21, 2017

I guess the answer will lie within GOS

djg145 · Mar 21, 2017

Well Jim Furnell is 79 years old

Lundan Cabbie · Mar 21, 2017

djg145":3153993t said:
Well Jim Furnell is 79 years old

Wasn't he the oldest living Argyle player even when he was still playing?

Keepitgreen · Mar 21, 2017

djg145":33qu3dlr said:
Well Jim Furnell is 79 years old

15 years too young for being nominated.

X Isle · Mar 21, 2017

Taribo West?

djg145 · Mar 21, 2017

X Isle":2101tvit said:
Taribo West?

He is only 38 years old

djg145 · Mar 21, 2017

Lundan Cabbie":3enveo2u said:
djg145":3enveo2u said:

Well Jim Furnell is 79 years old

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Wasn't he the oldest living Argyle player even when he was still playing?

And a bloody good goalkeeper he was too.

Knarf Reprah · Mar 21, 2017

Johnny Newman?

IJN · Mar 21, 2017

Lundan Cabbie":1en47xpp said:
djg145":1en47xpp said:

Well Jim Furnell is 79 years old

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Wasn't he the oldest living Argyle player even when he was still playing?

Let it go Paul, you're still bitter. :scarf:

Green as Grass · Mar 21, 2017

How about Gordon Astall. He will be 90 in September. He was last heard of living in Torquay. He played in our promotion winning team in 1951-52 under the captaincy of the legendary Jack Chisholm. He was transferred to Birmingham in 1953 and played in the Cup Final when they were beaten 3-1 by Manchester City and their German born goalkeeper Bert Trautmann broke his neck but played on to the final whistle. Gordon Astall was capped twice by England in 1956 and scored one goal.

Lundan Cabbie · Mar 21, 2017

IJN":1zbwxz0z said:
Lundan Cabbie":1zbwxz0z said:

djg145":1zbwxz0z said:

Well Jim Furnell is 79 years old

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Wasn't he the oldest living Argyle player even when he was still playing?

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Let it go Paul, you're still bitter. :scarf:

I wasn't there for his Venables save. Can you sense how disappointed I am that I missed that? :greensmile:

kernow19 · Mar 21, 2017

Not an Argyle player, but Boscastle boy Dudley Kernick, born in 1921 and still going strong, played for Birmingham City, Exeter, Torquay and others during his career.

MarkMatthews · Mar 21, 2017

I would imagine he has since died but didn't our then, oldest ex player take part in the centenary parade? Managed to run the length of the Lyndy to chants of sign him on from the Devonport IIRC

pafcprogs · Mar 21, 2017

It seems like the current claimant is as follows

George Haigh (Stockport) appears to be 101
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Haigh

Of course technically Stockport no longer a league club...but they were then so it would seem churlish to complain

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