Joe Blythe
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Joe Blythe
| image = Joe Blythe.jpg
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| birth_date = 2 July 1876
| birth_place = Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
| death_date = 20 May 1944
| death_place = Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
| position = Half-back
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| clubs1 = Blyth Spartans
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| years2 = –1899
| clubs2 = Jarrow
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| years3 = 1899–1902
| clubs3 = Everton
| caps3 = 27
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1902–1904
| clubs4 = West Ham United
| caps4 = 52
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1904–1911
| clubs5 = Millwall
| caps5 = 341
| goals5 = 3
| years6 = 1911–?
| clubs6 = Watford
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| managerclubs1 = Blyth Spartans
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Joe Blythe (2 Jul 1876 - 20 May 1944){{cite news |title=Obituary - Mr J. Blythe |work=Berwick Advertiser |date=1 June 1944 |access-date=9 September 2024 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000717/19440601/127/0007 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} was an English footballer who played as a half-back for Blyth Spartans, Jarrow, Everton, West Ham United, Millwall{{cite web | url=http://www.whufc.com/articles/20120203/millwall-match-preview_2236884_2597456 | title=Millwall match preview | publisher=www.whufc.com | accessdate=26 November 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225003/http://www.whufc.com/articles/20120203/millwall-match-preview_2236884_2597456 | archivedate=2 December 2013 | df=dmy-all }}
and Watford.
Footballing career
Born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, Blythe played for Blyth Spartans, Jarrow and Everton{{cite web | url=http://www.evertonfpf.org/players/joseph-blythe/| title=Joe Blythe | publisher=www.evertonfpf.org | accessdate=28 November 2013}} before moving to West Ham in 1902 and making his debut against Reading on 6 September 1902.{{cite web | url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=63&united=Joe_Blythe| title=Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Joe Blythe | publisher=www.westhamstats.info | accessdate=26 November 2013}} Blythe missed only one game in his first season and played 23 games in his second and final season with The Hammers.{{cite web | url=http://spartacus-educational.com/WHblytheJ.htm | title=Joe Blythe | publisher=spartacus-educational.com | accessdate=28 November 2013}} He joined Millwall for the following season and won the London Challenge Cup with them in 1909. He made 341 appearances for Millwall before moving to Watford for the 1911-12 season.
Managerial career
Blythe was manager of Blyth Spartans before the First World War.
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Millwall F.C. players
Category:West Ham United F.C. players
Category:Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:English football managers
Category:Footballers from Berwick-upon-Tweed
Category:Date of birth missing
Category:Year of death missing
Category:Place of death missing