Sam Warhurst
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Lee Warhurst | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Nelson, England | ||
| Date of death | 17 February 1981 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Southampton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1926–1931 | Nelson | 76 | (0) |
| 1931–1932 | Stalybridge Celtic | ||
| 1932–1937 | Bradford City | 66 | (0) |
| 1937–1939 | Southampton | 81 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Samuel Lee Warhurst (29 December 1907 – 17 February 1981) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He started his career with Football League Third Division North club Nelson, where he made 76 league appearances in five seasons. After a short spell in non-League football with Stalybridge Celtic, Warhurst returned to professional football with Bradford City in 1932 and spent five years with the Yorkshire club. He ended his playing career with Southampton, playing his final league match in 1939. He later assisted the club in a non-playing role. In later life, he worked as a hotelier in Southampton.
Warhurst was born in the town of Nelson, Lancashire, on 29 December 1907. He lived in the town until his transfer away from the local club in 1931. In later life he lived in Southampton on the south coast of England, where he owned the St. Mary's Hotel. When the hotel was demolished in 1972 to build a shopping centre, Warhurst took retirement. He died in Southampton on 17 February 1981, at the age of 73.
Warhurst was signed as an amateur by Football League Third Division North club Nelson in October 1926 after playing for the local British Legion team. He spent the 1926–27 season in the reserve team as an understudy to Fred Mace, playing six matches in the Lancashire Combination. At the start of the following campaign, Warhurst was offered his first professional contract by Nelson following the departure of Mace to Macclesfield Town. He made his first senior appearance for the club on 24 September 1927 in the 2–1 win against Durham City at Seedhill, taking the place of John Stoneham who had kept goal in the first five games of the season. Warhurst retained his starting place for the following two matches as Nelson suffered consecutive away defeats at Barrow and Wrexham, before being replaced by William Bossons for the visit of Chesterfield on 8 October 1927. He went on to make 31 league appearances during the 1927–28 campaign, keeping three clean sheets but conceding 102 goals. Nelson suffered several heavy defeats throughout the season, losing by eight goals against both Bradford City and ; their total of 136 goals conceded remains the second-highest ever in a Football League season.
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