Samuel Wynne (26 April 1897 – 30 April 1927) was a

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who died while playing in a

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match.

Career

Wynne played as a right back and started his career in local-league football with

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Colliery. He later had a spell with Welsh side Connah's Quay & Shotton United before joining Football League club

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at the start of the 1921–22 season. In 1923, Wynne became the first player to score two goals for both sides during Oldham's Football League First Division match against

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. In 1976,

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became the second top tier player to achieve this feat playing for Aston Villa against Leicester City. Wynne stayed with Oldham for five seasons, making 145 league appearances in total, scoring nine goals. He signed for Bury in the summer of 1926 and played 18 league matches for the club before his death in April of the following year.

Death

On 30 April 1927, during Bury's Football League First Division match away to Sheffield United, Wynne collapsed while placing the ball for a free kick after the Sheffield forward Harry Johnson had been adjudged offside. He was stretchered from the field of play and pronounced dead; the cause of death was determined to be a

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. The match, which Sheffield had led 1–0 through an own goal from Bury's Jimmy Porter, was subsequently abandoned. Sam Wynne's memorial is located in Neston cemetery.

References

1897 births 1927 deaths English men's footballers Association football players who died while playing Connah's Quay & Shotton F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Bury F.C. players English Football League players People from Neston Men's association football defenders Sport deaths in England Footballers from Cheshire {{England-footy-defender-1890s-stub