Sam Blott

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sam Blott

| image = Sam Blott.jpg

| caption = Blott while with Plymouth Argyle in 1914.

| fullname = Samuel Prince Blott

| birth_date = 19 June 1886

| birth_place = Holloway, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|1|31|1886|6|19|df=y}}{{Lives of WWI|id=388741}}

| death_place = Southend-on-Sea, England

| height =

| position = Forward

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Southend Athletic

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1907–1908

| clubs2 = Bradford Park Avenue

| caps2 = 10

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1908–1909

| clubs3 = Southend United

| caps3 = 40

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1909–1913

| clubs4 = Manchester United

| caps4 = 19

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 1913–1920

| clubs5 = Plymouth Argyle

| caps5 = 66

| goals5 = 7

| years6 = 1917

| clubs6 = → Brentford (guest)

| caps6 = 1

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1920–1922

| clubs7 = Newport County

| caps7 = 17

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 1922

| clubs8 = Dartford

| caps8 =

| goals8 =

}}

Samuel Prince Blott (19 June 1886 – 31 January 1969), sometimes known as Prince Blott, was an English professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Manchester United and Newport County.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=30}}{{Cite web |title=Sam Blott - Manchester United Player Profile & Stats |url=http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/blott_samuel.html |access-date=29 November 2017 |website=www.mufcinfo.com}} He also played in the Southern League for Plymouth Argyle, Southend United and Bradford Park Avenue.{{Cite web |last=Scallan |first=Trevor |title=Prince Blott |url=http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=81 |access-date=29 November 2017 |website=GoS-DB}}{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=364}}

Personal life

Blott served as a private in the Army Veterinary Corps during the First World War.{{Cite news |title=Samuel Prince Blott {{!}} Service Record |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/samuel-prince-blott-service-record/ |access-date=29 November 2017 |work=Football and the First World War |language=en-US}}

Career statistics

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Southend United.
Newport County.
Dartford|date=November 2017}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ 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
Bradford Park Avenue \|1907–08 \|Southern League First Division \|10 \|3 \|0 \|0 \|10 \|3
rowspan="5" \|Manchester United \|1909–10{{Cite web \|title=Samuel Prince Blott \|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/samuel-prince-blott-43704/ \|access-date=29 November 2017 \|website=11v11.com}} \|First Division \|10 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|10 \|1
1910–11 \|First Division \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0
1911–12 \|First Division \|6 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|6 \|0
1912–13 \|First Division \|2 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|2 \|1
colspan="2" \|Total !19 !2 !0 !0 !19 !2
rowspan="4" \|Plymouth Argyle \|1913–14 \|Southern League First Division \|30 \|3 \|2 \|0 \|32 \|3
1914–15 \|Southern League First Division \|19 \|2 \|1 \|0 \|20 \|2
1919–20 \|Southern League First Division \|14 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|14 \|2
colspan="2" \|Total !63 !7 !3 !0 !66 !7
colspan="3" \|Career total !92 !12 !3 !0 !95 !12

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ 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

Bradford Park Avenue

|1907–08

|Southern League First Division

|10

rowspan="5" |Manchester United

|1909–10{{Cite web |title=Samuel Prince Blott |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/samuel-prince-blott-43704/ |access-date=29 November 2017 |website=11v11.com}}

|10

|First Division

|First Division

|First Division

colspan="2" |Total

!19

rowspan="4" |Plymouth Argyle

|1913–14