fullname years death_date youthyears clubs birth_place caps goals position manageryears birth_date managerclubs article_title name
edmund boot -- -- 1934 -- 1937 1937 -- 1952 1999 1915 -- denaby united sheffield united huddersfield town laughton common , england 41 305 0 5 left half 1960 -- 1964 13 october 1915 huddersfield town eddie boot
 eddie boot
eddie boot

edmund `` eddie '' boot -lrb- 13 october 1915 -- 1999 -rrb- was an english professional footballer who played in the football league as a left half for sheffield united and huddersfield town .
he went on to become manager of huddersfield town .
boot was born in laughton common , near rotherham .
he played non-league football for aughton and denaby united before joining sheffield united in 1934 .
he played 41 matches for the club in the second division , then in 1937 signed for first division club huddersfield town .
he appeared in the 1938 fa cup final , captained the side in the post-war period , and played 305 games for huddersfield , all in the first division , before retiring as a player in 1952 .
he then joined the coaching staff at the club , and in 1960 was appointed manager , a post which he held for four years .
boot died in 1999 .
