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Soldier, Scrapper, Addick - The Duff Bruce Story

CharltonAthMuseum
CharltonAthMuseum Posts: 553
in General Charlton
Article from Saturday's pre-season friendly programme v Aberdeen on Duff Bruce by museum trustee Clive Harris.

Coincidentally, Bruce's granddaughter contacted the museum recently and we sent her a copy. 

We'll be contributing to the programme in various ways this year with articles, photographs and information plus we're deep into providing stats for this year's handbook




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  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    He is not in my edition of the Valiant 500 - is that a mistake, or some other reason ?
  • Valley Ant
    Valley Ant Posts: 468
    Thanks Clive. A fascinating read.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,587
    Valley Ant said:
    Thanks Clive. A fascinating read.
    I can only echo that.
  • SE7toSG3
    SE7toSG3 Posts: 3,140
    edited August 2023
    Lordflashheart said:
    He is not in my edition of the Valiant 500 - is that a mistake, or some other reason ?

    He  never played in the first team as a professional when I asked @killerjerrylee
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    SE7toSG3 said:
    Lordflashheart said:
    He is not in my edition of the Valiant 500 - is that a mistake, or some other reason ?

    He  never played in the first team as a professional when I asked @killerjerrylee
    Ah !!!

    I see - thanks 
  • Mametz
    Mametz Posts: 1,254
    edited August 2023
    Thanks for that Clive; a really interesting read on so many levels. Reminds us that, as Kipling observed in “ Tommy “, that not all war heroes were “ plaster saints “.
  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    Think I'd have liked him 😉.
  • Daarrzzetbum
    Daarrzzetbum Posts: 1,236
    What a chap eh, great read 
  • stockportugaladdick
    stockportugaladdick Posts: 1,137
    Enjoyed reading that, thanks.
  • killerjerrylee
    killerjerrylee Posts: 727
    SE7toSG3 said:
    Lordflashheart said:
    He is not in my edition of the Valiant 500 - is that a mistake, or some other reason ?

    He  never played in the first team as a professional when I asked @killerjerrylee
    He did play for us as a professional in season 1920-21 but that was in the Southern League. The year after, we gained admission into the Football League but he did not feature in the first team any more. Colin Cameron's book 'Valiant 500' and my new book, 'The Valiant 1000' only include players from 1921-22 onwards. 
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  • CharltonAthMuseum
    CharltonAthMuseum Posts: 553
    Another museum trustee, Paul Baker, is working on the Charlton results, stats and players pre-1921.

    The records for that period are not as clear or as easy to find but those pioneers are a vital part of our history.

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