Today is opening day of the English Premiere League season, so I thought it would be a good time to share an old soccer (or, football). As indicated on the back of the photograph, this is an old newspaper stock photo from the Wrexham Leader. The sides are Chesterfield vs. Wrexham. The players listed, Allison, Gordon Banks, George Evans, and Tommy McNab all played on these teams 1956-1959 — so the photo was probably taken around then. If anyone has any other information they can add, please let me know.
The photography studio where this was taken — Hirsch Deutscher Photographer, or Hirsch German Photographer, was in a neighborhood in Chicago where many European immigrants settled. The Near West Side of Chicago neighborhood was primarily made up of Greeks, Jews, and Italians. By the early 1900’s however, many immigrants had moved out of the neighborhood. The majority of the Italian immigrants remained. Thus, by the 1920’s, Chicago’s “Little Italy” was born. Aside from the info you can see on the back, I have very little information on its backstory. I assume because of the photographer this family chose and where Hirsch’s studio was located, they were probably an immigrant family.
Today is opening day of the English Premiere League season, so I thought it would be a good time to share an old soccer (or, football). As indicated on the back of the photograph, this is an old newspaper stock photo from the Wrexham Leader. The sides are Chesterfield vs. Wrexham. The players listed, Allison, Gordon Banks, George Evans, and Tommy McNab all played on these teams 1956-1959 — so the photo was probably taken around then. If anyone has any other information they can add, please let me know.