- John Denby
Infobox Football biography
playername = John Denby
fullname = John Denby
dateofbirth = Not known
cityofbirth =Sutton-in-Ashfield
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = Not known
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height = height|ft=5|in=9
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position = Half back
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years = 19??–1911
1911–1915
clubs = Chesterfield
Southampton
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127 (8)
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managerclubs =John Denby was an English footballer, who played as a half back for Southampton in the Southern League from 1911 to 1915.
Born in
Sutton-in-Ashfield he started his career with Chesterfield. In the summer of 1911 Southampton's new manager George Swift spent £820 recruiting 11 new players including a return to his former club to sign Denby. Playing alongside Bert Lee andJim McAlpine , he became an integral part of the team's defence up to the suspension of football in 1915. According to Holley & Chalk's "The Alphabet of the Saints", Denby was "a strong, reliable player (who) played in all three half-back positions with equal merit and was the team's defensive pivot." [cite book | author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk | title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992|pages=p.100| id=ISBN 0-9514862-3-3]His steady influence had a considerable effect on team performances and an improvement in their defensive play. He continued to give the club sterling service up to the outbreak of
World War I when he retired from professional football.References
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