Edmund "Eddie" Boot was an English professional

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 footballer who played in the Football League

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 as a left half

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 for Sheffield United

Sheffield United F.C.

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 and Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield Town F.C.

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. He went on to become manager

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 of Huddersfield Town.

Boot was born in Laughton Common, near Rotherham

Rotherham

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. He played non-league football

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 for Aughton and Denaby United

Denaby United F.C.

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 before joining Sheffield United in 1934. He played 41 matches for the club in the Second Division

Football League Second Division

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, then in 1937 signed for First Division

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 club Huddersfield Town. He appeared in the 1938 FA Cup Final

1938 FA Cup Final

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, captained the side in the post-war period, and played 305 games for Huddersfield, all in the First Division, before retiring as a player in 1952. He then joined the coaching staff

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at the club, and in 1960 was appointed manager, a post which he held for four years. Boot died in 1999.