Steve Bloomer - 23 Caps (28 Goals)
- Full Name: Stephen Bloomer
- Born: 20th January 1874, Cradley, Worcestershire
- Died: 16th April 1938, Derby aged 64
- England Career: 1895 - 1907
- Positions whilst with England: Centre Forward &
Inside Right
- Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Derby County (21) &
Middlesbrough (2)
- FA Legacy Number: 221
- Football's first Superstar!
Bloomer was the most prolific scorer of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries. He managed to net 352 times in 598 appearances for his two club teams Derby and Middlesbrough. He also scored 28 England goals in 23 caps, most of them coming in the early part of his England career which stretched over a then record breaking twelve years. He scored at least once in each of his first ten internationals and 25 in his first 14 games.
After his playing career was over he moved to Germany to take up a coaching position but was interned into a World War One prisoner of war camp where he spent most of the war. He died in Derby in April 1938.
His daughter Hettie married another England International Alf Quantrill.
England Career Statistics
England Match Statistics
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- British Home ChampionshipHC
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- 28
- 1
- 0
- 0
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England Team Mates (Top 10)
Sources
- An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
- England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
- wikitrees.com
- 38 sources from 23 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.
Match List
SCO, 1 - 1, 6th Apr 1907 (HC) 
Middlesbrough, Cap: 23.
Age: 33 years, 2 months, 17 days.
WAL, 1 - 1, 18th Mar 1907 (HC) Middlesbrough, Cap: 22.
Age: 33 years, 1 month, 29 days.- SCO, 1 - 0, 1st Apr 1905 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 21.
Age: 31 years, 2 months, 12 days.
- WAL, 3 - 1, 27th Mar 1905 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 20.
Age: 31 years, 2 months, 7 days.
IRE, 1 - 1, 25th Feb 1905 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 19.
Age: 31 years, 1 month, 5 days.- SCO, 1 - 0, 9th Apr 1904 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 18.
Age: 30 years, 2 months, 20 days.
- SCO, 2 - 2, 3rd May 1902 (HC)
Derby County, Cap: 17.
Age: 28 years, 3 months, 14 days.
- IRE, 1 - 0, 22nd Mar 1902 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 16.
Age: 28 years, 2 months, 2 days.
- WAL, 0 - 0, 3rd Mar 1902 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 15.
Age: 28 years, 1 month, 14 days.
- SCO, 2 - 2, 30th Mar 1901 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 14.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 10 days.
- WAL, 6 - 0, 18th Mar 1901 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 13.
Age: 27 years, 1 month, 29 days.
- SCO, 1 - 4, 7th Apr 1900 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 12.
Age: 26 years, 2 months, 18 days.
- SCO, 2 - 1, 8th Apr 1899 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 11.
Age: 25 years, 2 months, 19 days.
- WAL, 4 - 0, 20th Mar 1899 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 10.
Age: 25 years, 2 months, 0 days.
- IRE, 13 - 2, 18th Feb 1899 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 9.
Age: 25 years, 0 months, 29 days.
- SCO, 3 - 1, 2nd Apr 1898 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 8.
Age: 24 years, 2 months, 13 days.
- SCO, 1 - 2, 3rd Apr 1897 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 7.
Age: 23 years, 2 months, 14 days.
- WAL, 4 - 0, 29th Mar 1897 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 6.
Age: 23 years, 2 months, 9 days.
- IRE, 6 - 0, 20th Feb 1897 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 5.
Age: 23 years, 1 month, 0 days.
- WAL, 9 - 1, 16th Mar 1896 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 4.
Age: 22 years, 1 month, 27 days.
- IRE, 2 - 0, 7th Mar 1896 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 3.
Age: 22 years, 1 month, 18 days.
- SCO, 3 - 0, 6th Apr 1895 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 2.
Age: 21 years, 2 months, 17 days.
- IRE, 9 - 0, 9th Mar 1895 (HC) Derby County, Cap: 1.
Age: 21 years, 1 month, 20 days.
- * Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.
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