Horace Colclough
{{short description|English footballer and manager}}
{{use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Horace Colclough
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Albert Horace Colclough
| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|11|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Oxford, near Tunstall, Staffordshire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|05|25|1888|11|3|df=y}}
| death_place = New Milton, Hampshire, England
| height =
| position = Left back
| years1 = 1910–1912
| clubs1 = Crewe Alexandra
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1912–1915
| clubs2 = Crystal Palace
| caps2 = 83
| goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1914
| nationalteam1 = England
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1920–1932
| managerclubs1 = Heracles Almelo
}}
Albert Horace Colclough (3 November 1888 – 25 May 1976){{cite web |title=England players: Horace Colclough |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersC/BioColcloughH.html |website=englandfootballonline |date= 6 April 2018|accessdate=25 September 2018}} was an English international footballer, who played as a left back. He played his club football for Crewe Alexandra and Crystal Palace in the years immediately prior to World War I. His playing career was ended by injuries received during the war after which he became a trainer for Dutch side Heracles Almelo.
Playing career
Colclough started his playing career at Crewe Alexandra, then playing in the Birmingham & District League, signing professional papers in August 1910.{{cite book | title=England: Player by player | publisher=Green Umbrella Publishing|last= Betts|first= Graham | year=2006|isbn=1-905009-63-1|page=72 }} After two "impressive" seasons at Crewe, he moved south to join Crystal Palace of the Southern League in 1912.
The 1912–13 club handbook said of him: "This back is new to the Palace, coming from Crewe Alexandra, through whose ranks many good footballers have passed. He plays right or left back."Crystal Palace handbook: 1912–13 The following year, the handbook added: "very few, if any, better backs have been associated with Crewe Alexandra, and he rendered yeoman service. His strong kicking and accurately-timed rushes serve him well."Crystal Palace handbook: 1913–14
He quickly became an established member of the side and earned three call-ups in inter-League matches as well as being selected for the Home Championship match against Wales on 16 March 1914. The match finished 2–0 to England.{{cite web|title=Wales 0 England 2|url=http://englandstats.com/matches.php?mid=118|publisher=englandstats|accessdate=19 November 2011|date=16 March 1914}} He was Crystal Palace's first player to be selected for England international honours.{{cite web|title=1914|url=http://www.cpfc.co.uk/club/history/|work=Club History|publisher=Crystal Palace F.C.|accessdate=10 October 2013|archive-date=6 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606051751/http://www.cpfc.co.uk/club/history/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Palace Internationals |url=http://www.cpfc.co.uk/club/internationals/index.aspx |publisher=Crystal Palace F.C. |accessdate=19 November 2011 |archive-date=18 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718075042/http://www.cpfc.co.uk/club/internationals/index.aspx |url-status=dead }}
Later career
Colclough's professional playing career finished at the end of the 1914–15 season, when league football was ended by the First World War. During the war he suffered a leg injury that prevented him resurrecting his career after the cessation of hostilities. Sources vary as to the cause of his injury; Graham Betts, in his "England, Player by Player" says that he was injured playing football for the Army, whereas Dutch sources claim that he suffered a gunshot wound to his leg.
In August 1920,{{cite web |url=http://www.envb.nl/heracles.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420224508/http://www.envb.nl/heracles.htm |archivedate=20 April 2012 |title=The Two Colour up: 101 years Heracles (1903–2004) |publisher= Albert Vondeling |accessdate=10 October 2013}} he was appointed first-team coach at Dutch club Heracles Almelo where he remained until 1932.{{cite web|title=Building a New Future|url=http://www.heracles.nl/Club/Historie/HistorieLang.aspx.aspx|work=History of Heracles|publisher=heracles.nl|accessdate=19 November 2011|language=Dutch|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406161045/http://www.heracles.nl/Club/Historie/HistorieLang.aspx.aspx|archivedate=6 April 2012}} During his time at the club, Colclough was known as "d'n trainer met 'n poot " ("the trainer with the leg") because of his war-wound. He improved the club's professional outlook and introduced weekly discussions on tactics.
References
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External links
- {{Englandstats}}
- [http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=111&player=915 Club career details]
- {{EU-Football.info|3740}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425232540/http://www.cpfcphotostats.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=91430823 |date=dmy |title=Cigarette card featuring Colclough }}
- [http://www.heracles.nl/Sitefiles/heracles/clubinfo/historie/detweekleuromhoog.pdf History of Heracles Almelo] {{in lang|nl}}
{{Heracles Almelo managers}}
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Category:People from Tunstall, Staffordshire
Category:English men's footballers
Category:England men's international footballers
Category:Crystal Palace F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
Category:Southern Football League players
Category:Heracles Almelo managers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:English football managers
Category:English expatriate football managers
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands