Ted Winship

Ted Winship

Winship while with Brentford in 1926.
Personal information
Full name	Edward Winship
Date of birth	1901
Place of birth	Prudhoe, England
Date of death	19 October 1929 (aged 27–28)
Place of death	Brentford, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Playing position	Full back
Youth career
	Prudhoe Castle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1920	Crystal Palace	0	(0)
	Prudhoe Castle
1922–1925	Coventry City	79	(0)
1925–1926	Kidderminster Harriers
1926–1929	Brentford	86	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Edward "Ted" Winship (1901 – 19 October 1929) was an English professional football full back who appeared in the Football League for Brentford and Coventry City.

As a youth, Winship played for Northern Football Alliance club Prudhoe Castle. At age 19, he was signed by Second Division club Crystal Palace, but failed to make a senior appearance. He returned to Prudhoe Castle and moved back to the Second Division to join Coventry City in 1922. After 84 appearances, he dropped back into to non-league football with Birmingham & District League club Kidderminster Harriers in 1925, before returning to the Football League to join Third Division South club Brentford in August 1926, where he played the next three seasons.

Winship was struck down with yellow jaundice and kidney problems in June 1929, but failed to recover and died five months later in Brentford Hospital. At the time of his death, he and his family lived around the corner from Brentford's Griffin Park ground and the club's directors donated the proceeds from a reserve team match to his widow Sarah and children. A week after his death, Brentford faced Norwich City at Griffin Park and prior to kick off, the 15,000 crowd stood in silence while a band played 'Abide with Me'. Winship was buried in Coventry after a service at St George's Church, Brentford.