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A new series in which Millwall fan and journalist Neil Fissler discusses two early Millwall Athletic pioneers - John Calvey and Bert Banks - with yours truly ...

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Bert Banks (clubs first England international) - Herbert Banks - photo

Born Coventry 1874 - Died Smethwick 1947

Played football for the Seaforth Highlanders whilst serving in India 

• 1897 Everton - left winger
• Third Lanark - left half
• 1899 Millwall - inside left
• 1898-99 5 apps 0 goals
• 1899-00 47 apps 26 goals 
• 1900-01 38apps 25 goals

Leading scorer in the Southern League

Played for England 3-0 Ireland March 1901 

Banks was a short man, tendency to put on weight - suspended in 1899 by the club for carrying too much weight.

Known for his \\u2018boundless\\u2019 energy however.

1899-00 he scored four in a cup tie (first MFC player to do so) - Millwall Athletic 7-0 Clapton FAC 3Q 28.10.1899

Returned to his native Midlands Aston Villa 1901 - then Bristol Rovers FC, making forty League appearances, scoring eighteen times, as well as a 5s. fine for kicking in a door after a cup match with neighbours, 

Bristol City FC. He was out injured for a period, after being knocked down and run over by a cab whilst running for a tramcar in January 1902. 

Watford 1903 (at Watford he scored a goal a game) - 

Corporal Banks\' WWI Service Record states that when he enlisted in the army in August 1914, he was forty years old and three months.

After leaving football he worked as a warehouseman for a screw making / engineering firm

Debut - Millwall 1-0 Gravesend Southern League 08.04.1898 

Playing for Aston Villa, Banks took part in the first game at the near miraculous creation of the North Greenwich ground 1901.

John Calvey

(Born Stockton 23 June 1875 \\u2013 1937) was an English international who played as a centre-forward.

Stockily built, 5\\u201911\\u201d - he was a fast and clever ball player

Born in South Bank, near Middlesbrough 

Signed aged 19, after a Millwall win over Reading, expressed doubts at the time that he was good enough to play in the team!

Scored a debut hat-trick in an 8-1 Southern League win over Ilford 15.02.1896

1896-97 scored 33 goals inc 5 in one win over Wolverton.

Played for The South v The North trial match 1899

Played for England v Ireland as a N Forest player 1902

 Second spell for the Lions 1904-05 \\u2018overweight and playing on past reputation\\u2019 - just 3 goals from 36 apps

Worked as a docker after giving up football.

Died in Poplar 1937

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