Sam Wadsworth
Darwen-born Sam Wadsworth, rejected by his club Blackburn Rovers after four years fighting in the trenches of the First World War, fought back against illness and disappointment to become Captain of England. HAROLD HEYS looks at the little-known career of a war hero, sportsman and gentleman who extolled the virtues of duty, comradeship and fair play.
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