Ephraim Longworth

Longworth, born in Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire, England, noted for his lock of hair, was comfortable in either the right or left-back berths. Longworth spent his early career with Chorley Old Road Congregationals, Bolton St Luke's, and Halliwell Rovers. He joined Bolton Wanderers in the first division of the Lancashire Combination in 1908 from Hyde and then moved to London, signing for Southern League club Leyton. It was here that Liverpool manager Tom Watson spotted his potential and signed him in 1910. He made his debut on 19 September 1910 in a Football League First Division game at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, but Liverpool lost 2–0 to Sheffield United. Longworth went on to appear 370 times in a Red shirt without scoring a single goal for the Anfield club; in fact he went on to play until he was 40 years old. One of Liverpool's all-time greats Ephraim has the distinction of being Liverpool's first ever captain of the England national team, when he was given the job in only his second appearance - a 2–0 against Belgium at the Oscar Bossaert Stadion, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels in 1921. His debut for the national side was in 1920 and was just as memorable, England fought back from 4-2 down to beat bitter rivals Scotland 5–4 at Hillsborough. Longworth went on to gain 5 international caps, none of which England lost. During his time at Anfield Longworth won back to back league titles in 1921-22 and 1922–23 and appeared in the 1-0 1914 FA Cup Final defeat to Burnley in front…

Liverpool F.C. (1910–1928) 371 appearances 2 Football League Championship medals (1921–22, 1922–23 ), (he played his last game as a 40-year-old) England (1920–1923) 5 caps (Ephraim also captained his country, the first Liverpool player to do so)