William Prest

The Sheffield Foot Ball Club

1832-1885 ( Age 53 )

Far better known, initially, for his cracking cricketing abilities…

…captaining the Sheffield Cricket Club (…later to become the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, of course…) on many an occasion before (…with best pals, Harry Chambers & Nathaniel Creswick…) in 1857, effectively inventing…

Football !

Nice one, Bill !

Credit, where Credit’s due, Brian…

Reffed by Wikipedia…

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