Eddie Boot

{{short description|English footballer and manager}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

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| name = Eddie Boot

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| fullname = Edmund Boot

| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|10|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Laughton Common, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1999|1915}}

| height = 5 ft 6 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-vii/134492706/ |title=Sheffield United. Likeliest side for promotion in Division II |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=vii |via=Newspapers.com}}

| position = Left half

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| clubs1 = Aughton

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| clubs2 = Denaby United

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| years3 = 1934–1937

| clubs3 = Sheffield United

| caps3 = 41

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1937–1952

| clubs4 = Huddersfield Town

| caps4 = 305

| goals4 = 5

| manageryears1 = 1959–1960

| managerclubs1 = Huddersfield Town (caretaker)

| manageryears2 = 1960–1964

| managerclubs2 = Huddersfield Town

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Edmund Boot (13 October 1915 – 1999) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a left half for Sheffield United and Huddersfield Town.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData (Tony Brown) |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=30 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/eddieboot.html |title=Eddie Boot |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |access-date=7 October 2009}} He went on to become manager of Huddersfield Town.{{cite news |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-town-fc/huddersfield-town-news/2005/08/30/vote-for-your-favourite-legend-86081-15912318/ |title=Vote for your favourite legend |newspaper=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=30 August 2005 |access-date=7 October 2009}}

Boot was born in Laughton Common, near Rotherham. He played non-league football for Aughton and Denaby United before joining Sheffield United in 1934. He played 41 matches for the club in the Second Division, then in 1937 signed for First Division club Huddersfield Town. He appeared in the 1938 FA Cup Final, captained the side in the post-war period, and played 305 games for Huddersfield, all in the First Division, before retiring as a player in 1952. He then joined the coaching staff at the club, and in 1959 was appointed manager, a post which he held for four years. Boot died in 1999.