Edward Braithwaite (12 December 1902 – 1990) was an English

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who made 292 appearances in

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for

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

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and

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team, known as the "Robins", currently compete in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded as Swindon A ...

. Born in

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he was signed from

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of the

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by Bradford City in December 1921. Between 1921 and 1924 he made a total of 17 appearances for Bradford City in

(2 in the

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and 15 in

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) and 1 in the

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. Both goals he scored for 'The Bantams' were in a Division 2 home fixture against Fulham in December 1922. In the summer of 1924 he signed with Reading then of the

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and was a regular member of the team that were the 1925–1926 champions of that division and promoted to Division Two. After a further three seasons with 'The Biscuitmen' in the summer of 1929 Braithwaite was transferred to Third Division South club Swindon Town for a fee, decided by tribunal, of £100 (Reading had wanted £500). He remained with Swindon Town for four seasons before at the end of the 1932–1933 season (in which the team finished at the foot of the Division Three South table), in a clear-out of players, he was not retained by the club. During the close season Braithwaite signed for

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who subsequently were runners-up of the Eastern Division of the 1933–34 Southern Football League. After a second season with Margate, over the following three seasons he appeared for three different Kent League clubs: in 1935–36 for a full season with

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; then in mid-season 1936–37 with Canterbury Waverley; and finally with Ashford during the early part of the following season.

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1902 births 1990 deaths Footballers from Salford English men's footballers Men's association football inside forwards Men's association football wing halves Manchester North End F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Reading F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Margate F.C. players Ramsgate F.C. players Ashford United F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players Kent Football League (1894–1959) players 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-1900s-stub