Curtis Booth
{{short description|English footballer and manager}}
{{About|the forward|the defender|Tommy Booth}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Curtis Booth
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1891|10|12}}
| birth_place = Gateshead, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1949|10|29|1891|10|12}}
| death_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}{{cite news |title=Optimists of the North. Accrington Stanley |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=6 August 1923 |page=6}}
| position = Inside left
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Wallsend Elm Villa
| years2 = 1913–1920
| clubs2 = Newcastle United
| caps2 = 34
| goals2 = 6
| years3 =
| clubs3 = → Leeds City (guest)
| years4 = 1920–1923
| clubs4 = Norwich City
| caps4 = 62
| goals4 = 11
| years5 = 1923–1924
| clubs5 = Accrington Stanley
| caps5 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1923–1924
| manageryears2 = 1932–1934
| manageryears3 = 1934–1935
| managerclubs1 = Accrington Stanley
| managerclubs2 = Wormatia Worms
| managerclubs3 = RC Paris
}}
Curtis Booth (12 October 1891 – 29 October 1949), sometimes known as Tommy Booth, was an English football player and manager. He played in the Football League for Newcastle United, Norwich City and Accrington Stanley,{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |date=2012 |publisher=Tony Brown |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=135}} for Leeds City as a wartime guest and for Wallsend Elm Villa.{{Cite web |title=Leeds United F.C. History |url=http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/leedscityprofiles.php/BoothC.php |access-date=27 June 2018 |website=www.ozwhitelufc.net.au}} After retiring as a player, Booth managed Accrington Stanley, Wormatia Worms, RC Paris and coached in Germany, Turkey and the Netherlands.{{Cite web |title=Managers |url=http://hem.passagen.se/accringtonstanley/Club/Manager%20Profiles.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605084332/http://hem.passagen.se/accringtonstanley/Club/Manager%20Profiles.htm |archive-date=5 June 2011 |access-date=27 June 2018}}{{Cite web |title=France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html |access-date=27 June 2018 |website=RSSSF}}
Personal life
Booth enlisted in the British Army in December 1915 to fight in the First World War. He served as a private in the Durham Light Infantry and saw action on the Somme and at the Third Ypres.{{Cite web |title=Wounded – But became a football coach |url=http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/stories/remembrance/sport-remembers-wounded-but-became-a-football-coach/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528015205/http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/stories/remembrance/sport-remembers-wounded-but-became-a-football-coach/ |archive-date=28 May 2017 |access-date=21 September 2016}} Booth was wounded in action at Villers-Bretonneux in August 1918 and was demobilized in August 1919.{{Cite news |title=Curtis Booth – Newcastle United and the First World War |language=en-US |work=Football and the First World War |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/curtis-booth-2/ |access-date=27 June 2018}}
Career statistics
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|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |FA Cup ! colspan="2" |Total |
Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |
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rowspan="3" |Newcastle United
| rowspan="2" |First Division |19 |2 |0 |0 |19 |2 |
1919–20
|15 |4 |0 |0 |15 |4 |
colspan="2" |Total
!34 !6 !0 !0 !34 !6 |
rowspan="4" |Norwich City
|22 |4 |0 |0 |22 |4 |
1921–22
| rowspan="2" |Third Division South |21 |5 |0 |0 |21 |5 |
1922–23
|19 |2 |3 |2 |22 |3 |
colspan="2" |Total
!62 !11 !3 !2 !65 !13 |
Accrington Stanley
|1 |0 |2 |1 |3 |1 |
colspan="3" |Career total
!97 !17 !5 !3 !102 !20 |
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605084332/http://hem.passagen.se/accringtonstanley/Club/Manager%20Profiles.htm Biography]}}
{{Wormatia Worms managers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Curtis}}
Category:Footballers from Gateshead
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Newcastle United F.C. players
Category:Norwich City F.C. players
Category:Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players
Category:Leeds City F.C. wartime guest players
Category:English football managers
Category:Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) managers
Category:Wormatia Worms managers
Category:Racing Club de France Football managers
Category:Durham Light Infantry soldiers
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:English expatriate football managers
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in France
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Category:Expatriate football managers in France
Category:Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Expatriate football managers in Germany
Category:Military personnel from Tyne and Wear
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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