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Playing position
  
Forward

Name
  
Wallace Bliss

Total
  

1892–1893
  
Burslem Port Vale

Years
  
Team


Elaine Young & Kai Helmich - Facilitators & Speakers Bliss Festival 2015


Wallace Bliss (1871 – 1951) was an English footballer. He was the first player to score a Football League for Burslem Port Vale.

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Playing career

Bliss joined Burslem Port Vale in August 1892. He made his debut at inside-left on 3 September 1892 as Vale lost 5–1 to Small Heath at Muntz Street; his goal was the club's first in the Football League. He was a regular in the side until December 1892, and was released from the Athletic Ground at the end of the 1892–93 season after having scored three goals in 13 Second Division games.

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  • Sourced from Wallace Bliss profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  • References

    Wallace Bliss Wikipedia