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Bert Bliss

English association football player

Summary

English association football player

Field	Value
name	Bert Bliss
fullname	Herbert Bliss
birth_date
birth_place	Willenhall, England
death_date
height
position	Inside forward
years1	1912–1922	clubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur	caps1 = 194	goals1 = 92
years2	1922–1925	clubs2 = Clapton Orient	caps2 = 70	goals2 = 20
years3	1925–1926	clubs3 = Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	caps3 = 6	goals3 = 0
totalcaps	270	totalgoals = 112
nationalyears1	1921	nationalteam1 = England	nationalcaps1 = 1	nationalgoals1 = 0

Herbert Bliss (29 March 1890 – 14 June 1968) was an English footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Clapton Orient and England. He was born in Willenhall, Staffordshire.

Career

Bert Bliss was an inside forward who joined Tottenham from Willenhall Swifts for £10 on 12 April 1912. He had a reputation for speed, accurate passing and riffling shots on goal.

He played for Spurs between 1912 and 1922 during which time he made 215 appearances and scored 106 goals. He was a member of the team, which was promoted to the Football League First Division in 1920 and won the FA Cup in 1921. His direct play and accurate passing was a notable feature of the game and he was also instrumental in Spurs scoring the only goal of the match against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

He was transferred to Clapton Orient on 22 December 1922. After this he played for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic before retiring in 1926.

Bert played one game at International level for England against Scotland on 9 April 1921 (two weeks before the FA Cup Final) and alongside three other Spurs players, Jimmy Dimmock, Arthur Grimsdell and Bert Smith.

Career statistics

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals	Total		1		0
England	1921	1	0

References

The Vagrant. (21 August 1922). "Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Tottenham Hotspur". Athletic News.
"FA Cup - 1921".
"Archived News".
Association, The Football. "The website for the English football association, the Emirates FA Cup and the England football team".

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