The Reverend Andrew Amos MA (20 September 1863 – 2 October 1931) was an English

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who played for

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, Old Carthusians, Corinthian and Hitchin Town, as well as making two appearances for the England national side. He subsequently became an ordained minister in the

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Career

Education

Amos was born in

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and was educated at

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, where he was a member of the school football team in 1882. He then went up to

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and was awarded his

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in 1884.

Football career

After graduating he played football for the Old Carthusians as well as joining the Corinthian amateur club which had been founded two years earlier. He joined Corinthian in time for their December 1884 tour of the north of England when they played seven matches against professional clubs in eight days. The first match of the tour was against the

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holders,

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and, according to Rob Cavallini in his ''History of the Corinthian Football Club'', "''what happened next was truly remarkable and firmly established the Corinthian FC as a major power in the football world (as) Corinthian FC simply overwhelmed the FA Cup holders at their own stadium 8–1''." Amos played at

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in this match and amongst the goalscorers was

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with three goals. Amos played in five of the seven tour matches. His

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call up came, as an Old Carthusians player, for the

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match against

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on 21 March 1885 when Amos played at left-half in a 1–1 draw. His next international call-up came a year later against

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. Until recently the second goal in this match was credited to

but a review of contemporary records revealed that Amos scored the goal, and this is now recognized by most current reference sources. Amos continued to play for Corinthian until November 1889, and made 47 appearances. He subsequently played for Hitchin Town.

Ministry

Amos was ordained in 1887 and ministered in

from 1889 to October 1921, when he became Rector of

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until his death in 1931. He also served as a councillor on

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Borough Council and was later elected as an

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References

External links

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Corinthian Casuals F.C. - Player profiles
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amos, Andrew 1863 births 1931 deaths Footballers from the London Borough of Southwark People from Southwark People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge English men's footballers England men's international footballers Cambridge University A.F.C. players Corinthian F.C. players Old Carthusians F.C. players Hitchin Town F.C. players Men's association football defenders