Weaver, Sam - Male masseur and long-throw pioneer!

Sam Weaver (1909-1985) - born in Pilsley, Derbyshire, he played three times for England

SAM WEAVER was one of the select group of men born in Derbyshire to play association football for England. A stylish left-half, he was capped three times in the 1932-33 season.

He was born in Pilsley, Derbyshire, on 8 February 1909. He played non-league football with Pilsley Red Rose and Sutton Town before signing for Hull City in March 1928.

He moved to Newcastle United in November 1929, scoring 42 goals in 229 League appearances before moving south to join Chelsea in August 1936. He became an automatic choice there, and from 1938 captained the club. His career total for the Blues was 120 games and 9 goals.

In common with countless players of his era, his career was interrupted in its prime by the war. During the enforced break from official action, he guested for a number of clubs, among them Derby County. When League football resumed he was transferred to Stockport County in December 1945, and retired as a player in 1947 at the age of 38.

He holds an unusual place in the record books as the first noted practitioner of the long throw-in, recording distances of over 35 yards at the time when that particular skill, now relatively commonplace, had not been widely developed.

He went into management and coaching, serving Leeds United (1947-49) and Millwall (1949-54) before making a lasting move to Mansfield Town, the club with which he was associated as coach, manager and administrator until 1971.

Sam Weaver was also a talented cricketer - he played twice for Somerset in 1939 and retained a link with the county of his birth by serving Derbyshire throughout many summers as their masseur.

He died aged 76 at Basford, Nottinghamshire, on 15 April 1985, and his ashes were scattered on the pitch at Field Mill, the ground of his beloved Mansfield Town.

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