Centre-forwards before 1900?

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  1. Cisarro

    Cisarro New Member

    Feb 6, 2014
    Club:
    Univ Catolica
    #1 Cisarro, Feb 16, 2014
    Last edited: Feb 16, 2014
    Hi people:

    I'm trying to know the style (deep-lying forward, out-and-out, target man, etc.) of some centre-forwards before 1900. I've got some names, do you know more?

    Gilbert Oswald Smith
    John Henry Price
    John Goodall
    Fred Geary
    John Devey
    Jack Southworth
     
  2. Cisarro

    Cisarro New Member

    Feb 6, 2014
    Club:
    Univ Catolica
    #2 Cisarro, Feb 16, 2014
    I got more names (please, tell me if I'm worng about one of them):

    Alex "Sandy" Young
    Charles Miller
    Olphie Stanfield
     
  3. napolisoccer

    napolisoccer Member

    NYCFC - Napoli
    Feb 20, 2005
    Napoli
    Club:
    SSC Napoli
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    #3 napolisoccer, Feb 23, 2014
    Was Steve Bloomer a centre forward ?
     
  4. msioux75

    msioux75 Member+

    Jan 8, 2006
    Lima, Peru
    #4 msioux75, Feb 23, 2014
    Bloomer played alongside John Goodall in both Derby County & NT in the 1890s.
    Bloomer as Inside Right and J.Goodall as CF.

    btw, it wasn't surpringsinly that IFs topped the topscorers list in the Pyramid era. Since
    most of them played a role similar to Puskas or young Pele. Meanwhile the Pyramid CFs played a similar role of Sindelar.
     
  5. JamesBH11

    JamesBH11 Member+

    Sep 17, 2004
    #5 JamesBH11, Feb 23, 2014
    Puskas did play as inside left in PYRAMID formation (2 3 5)
    Pele never played in pyramid (but a modified one so called 4 2 2 2 or 4 2 4)
     

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