Dick Pym
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Richard Henry Pym was a football player best known for being the Bolton Wanderers
goalkeeper at the first ever FA Cup
final to be played at Wembley Stadium in 1923.
The game, known as the White Horse Final because of the presence of a mounted white police
horse at the helm of the crowd control, ended in a 2-0 win for Bolton. Pym had joined them from Exeter City
two years earlier for a world record five thousand pounds
.
Pym, nicknamed Pincher Pym, won further FA Cup winners medals with Bolton in 1926 and 1929 and earned three England caps. He left Bolton in 1930 to go into the non-league game.
He became the last-surviving member of the historic 1923 team and lived until he was 95, earning him the record for the longest-lived England footballer.
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
goalkeeper at the first ever FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
final to be played at Wembley Stadium in 1923.
The game, known as the White Horse Final because of the presence of a mounted white police
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
horse at the helm of the crowd control, ended in a 2-0 win for Bolton. Pym had joined them from Exeter City
Exeter City F.C.
Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003...
two years earlier for a world record five thousand pounds
Pound sterling
The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
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Pym, nicknamed Pincher Pym, won further FA Cup winners medals with Bolton in 1926 and 1929 and earned three England caps. He left Bolton in 1930 to go into the non-league game.
He became the last-surviving member of the historic 1923 team and lived until he was 95, earning him the record for the longest-lived England footballer.