Edward Henry May (26 September 1865 – 6 January 1941) was an English

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who played for Notts Rangers, Burslem Port Vale,

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football, football club in Nottingham, England, which competes in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of Football in England, English football, following promotion and relegation, promotion ...

, and

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founde ...

in the 1880s and 1890s.

Career

May played for Notts Rangers before joining Burslem Port Vale in the summer of 1886. He made his debut at the Athletic Ground in a 7–0 defeat to

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional association football club in Preston, Lancashire, England. They currently play in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English footbal ...

in a friendly on 6 September. He enjoyed regular football, helping the club to the Third Round of the

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in 1886–87, until March 1887 when he departed for

. He returned to

Burslem Burslem ( ) is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Staffordshire, Hanley, Tunstall, Staffordshire, Tunstall, Fenton, Staffordshire, Fenton, Longton, Staffordshire, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent form part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in ...

on business in September 1887. He rejoined the Vale, playing regular football once more until he returned to

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in the summer of 1888. He scored three goals in 11 league games in the

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in the 1888–89 season, and featured in 18 league games in the 1889–90 campaign. He went on to play in the

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for

before he joined

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club Burton Swifts in 1892. He scored eight goals in 24 league and cup appearances for the Swifts in the 1892–93 season and later played for Burton Swifts, Greenhalgh's, and

Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city ...

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:May, Teddy 1865 births 1941 deaths Footballers from Kingston upon Hull English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Notts Rangers F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Burton Swifts F.C. players Midland Football League players English Football League players 19th-century English sportsmen