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Full name
  
Simeon Raleigh


Playing position
  
Inside-forward

Name
  
Sim Raleigh

Sim Raleigh

Date of birth
  
(1909-03-24)24 March 1909

Place of birth
  
Brinsworth, Rotherham, England

Date of death
  
1 December 1934(1934-12-01) (aged 25)

Place of death
  
Rochester, England

Simeon "Sim" Raleigh (24 March 1909 – 1 December 1934) was an English professional footballer.

Raleigh's clubs included Huddersfield Town, Hull City and Gillingham. While playing for Gillingham in a match against Brighton & Hove Albion on 1 December 1934, he suffered a haemorrhage following a blow to the head and died in hospital later the same day. The club raised over £250 for his widow and child.

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