Matt Moralee
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Whitfield Moralee | ||
| Date of birth | 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
| Date of death | 1962, aged 84 | ||
| Place of death | Doncaster, England | ||
| Playing position | Half back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1901−1904 | The Wednesday | 4 | (1) |
| 1904−1906 | Doncaster Rovers | (3) | |
| 1906−? | Mexborough Town | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Matthew Whitfield "Matt" Moralee (1878−1962)[1] was an English footballer who played as a half back for The Wednesday, Doncaster Rovers and Mexborough Town from 1902.[2][3][4]
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, by 1901 he was living in Sheffield[1] where he played for Division 1 side The Wednesday, who would later change their name to Sheffield Wednesday. Moralee was seen as being part of the "rare talent" of the reserve team[5] though in a team that were Division 1 Champions in 1902−03 and 1903−04, he went on to only make a handful of first team appearances.[6]
For the 1904−05 season, he moved to play for Doncaster Rovers who had just been voted into Division 2 and who went on to have the joint worst season in English Football League history, ending up bottom with just 8 points from 34 games and failing to be re-elected.[3] Moralee scored in 1 of his 32 League games for Doncaster in that season, and once in 2 FA Cup games. The following season he scored 3 times, all from the penalty spot. In 1906 he moved to play for Mexborough who were also in the Midland League.[4]
He and his wife Isabella had seven children, one of whom was also called Matt Moralee[1] who played for Gainsborough Trinity, Grimsby Town, Aston Villa and Leicester City between the wars. Matt Moralee (senior) died in Doncaster in 1962.[1]