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1934 Dicky Spence, Barnsley outside right, signed by Chelsea. He had had two seasons and remained a player with Chelsea until 1948 when he joined their coaching staff. Played in 288 Peacetime League games and scored 89 goals. Played for England against Austria and Belgium 1936.
1936 Death of P.M. Walters at the age of 73. With his brother "A.M." he formed England's full back positions from 1885 until 1890. They were members of the Corinthians and were renowned for their heavy, but fair, shoulder charging. They gave up the game in 1890 when another brother died as the result of an accident on the field.
1965 Brighton & Hove Albion cancelled the contract of Bobby Smith, former Spurs and England centre forward, who joined the club during the summer of 1964. He began with Chelsea in 1950 and moved to Spurs in December 1955. In his first class career he scored 271 goals - 217 in the Football League, 29 in the FA Cup competition, 2 in the League Cup, 6 in the European Cup, 4 in the European Cup Winners' Cup and 1 in the FA Charity Shield. Won a League and Cup medal in 1961, a Cup in 1962 and a European Cup Winners' in 1963. In his one full season with Brighton he got a Fourth Division medal. Later joined Hastings United in the Southern League.