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Jan 30, 2023 · Charles Clegg Family. His busiest year came in 1872. As a law student, he married Mary Sayles at St. John’s, Manchester, on 2 September. Charles Clegg was admitted to the Law Society and became a partner in the family firm two weeks later. The couple had three children, namely Charles W. (1873), Colin (1877), and Edith Margaret (1879).
Charles joined his father's law firm after leaving school and eventually became a solicitor in 1872. In the same year, he married Mary Sykes, with whom he had three children. Both Charles and his brother were noted athletes with a flair for football. Charles was also an outstanding runner winning prizes at the 100 yards sprint and the quarter-mile.
Jun 24, 2015 · (Sir) John Charles Clegg (1851-1937) was popularly known as 'the great old man of football'. Starting off as a player, he became the President of the English Football Association. Additionally though, he was instrumental in the founding of Sheffield United F.C. (1889, and also served as President of Both Sheffield United & Sheffield Wednesday ...
Sep 22, 2017 · It might be topical to reflect on who were actually called pigs in Sheffield and why. And the truth is, it is not really anything to do with the animals. A quick recap - most know that Sir Charles Clegg was a famous Wednesday and England football player and became the Chairman of Sheffield Wednes...
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- And there was me thinking it was a reference to Angry Birds .
- I only know one angry bird and I'm married to it
- We're Sheffield Steel!
- Perhaps they should change the tag line to "forged in pig iron"
- You know all this history about us and you're only a reserve? Well done.
- Thanks Andrew. Interested stuff. I've not heard that version of the pig story before. You usually get the Hillsborough / Bramall Lane was built on...
- But they've got photoshopped maps and badly written fictional historical "library documents" to back up why Wednesday are the pigs, we can't compet...
- I thought it was because all Sheffield United supporters smelled of poo and look porcine, hence the "pigs" moniker? There's actually historical pho...
- Well I got up to 700 odd posts about 5 years ago and then got knocked back to a few hundred. So someone on the admin side has decided I should be a...
Oct 18, 2022 · Charlie and Mary Clegg had three children together. Charles William (b.1874), Colin (b.1877) and Edith Mary (b.1880) According to the 1881 census, Jno C. is a town councillor and solicitor, with his wife, Mary, and the two sons, Charles and Colin and daughter Edith.
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