youthclubs clubs death_date death_place caps birth_place goals nationalteam position nationalcaps medaltemplates nationalyears birth_date image article_title name nationalgoals
waverley staveley wanderers staveley town waverley 8 march 1936 chesterfield , england 464 whittington moor , chesterfield , england 49 england left half 16 team sheffield united 1894 -- 1902 21 january 1873 ernest needham -lrb- ca. 1901 -rrb- . jpg ernest needham
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ernest needham

ernest ` nudger ' needham -lrb- 21 january 1873 -- 8 march 1936 -rrb- was an english footballer and cricketer .
he played football 14 times for england and captained the side in 1901 .
he was an outstanding left half who played for sheffield united from 1891 until 1910 .
he was instrumental in their promotion campaign of 1892 -- 93 and then captained their team from 1895 to 1905 .
under his captaincy , united won the football league first division in 1898 and the fa cup in 1899 and 1902 .
he played first-class cricket for derbyshire from 1901 to 1912 .
