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Old Evertonians in Adelphi Autograph Mystery

Many years ago, I gained possession of an autographed page of notepaper from The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool 1 – no date available, entitled "Ex-Evertonians".

The page contains 10 old Evertonians' autographs, many of whon will have passed away. I don't know all the names because I am not and Everton fan but I believe they are Dixie Dean, Tommy Lawton, Joe Mercer, Willie Cook, Howard Kendall, Jack Thomson and four others. Perhaps you can help in identifying the other names for me – I have sent in a scanned copy.

I would be prepared to sell the autographs if desired.

Many thanks
Dave Fyfe, Aberdeen, Scotland Posted 30/08/2012 at 14:57:14

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Colin Potter
289 Posted 30/08/2012 at 16:10:24

The next to bottom one is Ted Sagar Dave.

John Campbell
293 Posted 30/08/2012 at 16:14:33

How much are you looking for?.

Steve Green
302 Posted 30/08/2012 at 16:07:55

Can help with all bar one. In order as follows:
Jock Thomson ( not Jack)
Torry Gillick
Unknown
prob Alex Stevenson
Dixie Dean
Tommy Lawton
Joe Mercer
William ('Billy') Cook
Ted Sagar
Howard Kendall.

Andy Herbert
325 Posted 30/08/2012 at 17:42:24

Long before my time but I thought I'd heard that Dean hated being called Dixie. Did he still sign Dixie Dean?

John Steadman
364 Posted 30/08/2012 at 19:49:40

Hi, I think the 3rd signature is Norman Greenhalgh.

Andy (325) — you're right: Dean did hate being called Dixie, but he did sign autographs "Dixie Dean".

Paul McGee
400 Posted 30/08/2012 at 22:23:59

I think the mystery man is Norman Greenhalgh - wing half in the mid / late 30s, played in the same era as the others (apart from Mr Kendall, of course).

Brendan Connolly
439 Posted 31/08/2012 at 00:27:21

Steve and John have got it between them, apart from Howard Kendall. That's not Howard's signature.

Not sure who it was, but I think there was a football writer called Don Kendall. Could possibly be him

Adam Cunliffe
441 Posted 31/08/2012 at 00:35:01

Got a Dixie Dean autograph on my wall, he does definitely sign as Dixie!

Jason Chew
457 Posted 31/08/2012 at 03:33:55

Should this be added to the David France collection?

Kenny Jones
478 Posted 31/08/2012 at 08:06:22

There was a Jack Kendall who played in the mid 20's - could be him?

Denis Byrne
484 Posted 31/08/2012 at 08:19:42

Thanks for posting this Dave, fascinating. Is there any other provenance? What the event was, date etc? and more importantly, have you contacted the Everton collection and do you have a price? Do keep us updated as we are all interested.

Sean Allinson
551 Posted 31/08/2012 at 13:11:40

All these players played together in 1937, with the exception of John (Jack) Kendall who I'm pretty sure was a Goalkeeper when William Ralph signed for Everton, and played in the same team as him in 1925/26.

Ian Hogg
035 Posted 01/09/2012 at 20:30:54

Here's a mystery that occured at the Adelphi:

I went to a Bluekipper do years ago and made a winning bid for a casey signed by Alan Ball. I collected the ball which I promptly handed over in person to a well known female in a senior managerial position (so I could go out and get pissed up on booze).

I was assured that my ball (and my name was used) would be stored safely until I returned the following night for retrieval.... when I returned the following night to collect my prize, I was greeted with "Who the hell are you... get out of my hotel!"

Where's my fucking ball?

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