Edwin Neve

Edwin Neve, sometimes known as Ned Neve, was a professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Derby County, Nottingham Forest and Hull City. He also played for Chesterfield Town, St Helens Recreation and Prescot.

Personal life

As of 1901, Neve was working as a labourer and as of May 1916, he was working as a brewer's traveller. In May 1916, in the middle of the First World War, he was conscripted into the Royal Garrison Artillery as a bombardier and served on the Western Front and in the Army of Occupation. Neve died of heart problems in 1920, as a result of being gassed during the war. He died in Derby and was buried in Prescot Parish Churchyard.