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60 Evertonians: #23. Rev. Harry Ross

June 16, 2011
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60 Evertonians: #23. Rev. Harry Ross

Reverend Harry Ross Bio: Rev. Harry Ross is the Everton club chaplain, who has been vicar of St Luke The Evangelist, next door to Goodison Park, since 1977, he is also a Trustee for the Everton Former Players’ Foundation. Q1.Why Everton? All my family were Reds, so I became the BLUE SHEEP of the family. I maintain I am the only one with any sense & I am from Merseyside! Q2. I remember standing amongst a glum chain gang of fans at Kirkdale train station in the late 90′s, we’d just been beaten at Goodison, the rain was pissing on us, and some cheeky Liverpool fans were laughing and...

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Top 60 Everton Players:#23.Dave Hickson

March 9, 2010
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 23. Dave Hickson (1951-56, 1957-60)  243 appearances, 111 goals  “I would have died for Everton. I would have broken every other bone in my body for any other club, that’s how I look at it, you know. I would have died for this club.”  As Everton’s “Cannonball kid”, Dave Hickson hurtled around the field, fighting for his team during a fruitless era and securing his place in the Goodison firmament. Hickson played for all three Merseyside clubs, but it was Everton that he fell in love with. Dixie Dean coached this courageous striker who memorably reopened a stitched up head wound in looking for his second goal against Man...

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