RichardB Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 What has this man to do with Sheffield Football ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 James J. Lang is generally considered to be the first professional player. He played for Wednesday in the 1860's /1870's but was not paid by the them but was employed by one of the companies owned by one of the directors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Superb work, well done. Completely wrong .... just joking he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 Anything known about this man that might be seemingly unusual for a footballer ? I don't mean he wore chiffon ball-gowns or had an enormous nose - there was something different about him - apparently dating back to 1869 in Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Anything known about this man that might be seemingly unusual for a footballer ? I don't mean he wore chiffon ball-gowns or had an enormous nose - there was something different about him - apparently dating back to 1869 in Scotland. Did he only have one eye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 5, 2008 Author Share Posted September 5, 2008 Apparently so, one working eye only ! Well spotted ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Niall Kennedy Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 The Soccer History magazine ran an excellent article about Lang in issue 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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