14 Facts About Laurie Millsom

Lawrence Millsom was an English professional footballer who made 35 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Rotherham County and Torquay United.

Lawrence Laurie Millsom was born in Rotherham, in what was then the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Laurie Millsom married Mabel Margaret Curtis at Kimberworth Parish Church in January 1926.

Laurie Millsom kept wicket for Kimberworth Wesleyans, and topped the batting averages in the 1925 Rotherham and District Sunday School Cricket League.

Laurie Millsom remained in the same line of work: in the late 1950s, he was manager of the South Western Electricity Board's Paignton service centre, and he spent 13 years as branch secretary of his trade union, NALGO.

Laurie Millsom died on 26 September 1959 in Torquay at the age of 58.

Laurie Millsom kept goal for the Rotherham Schools team that played in the English Boys' Shield in 1914, in which they lost heavily to Grimsby Schools in the third round.

Laurie Millsom was playing in the Sheffield Association League for Rotherham Amateurs by 1922, and signed for Football League Third Division North club Rotherham County in 1924.

Laurie Millsom made an unexpected Football League debut on 27 December 1924, replacing the regular goalkeeper, George Hopkins, for the home game against Accrington Stanley.

Laurie Millsom was not among the 14 players retained by Rotherham for the following season.

Laurie Millsom played twice more before Bayes regained fitness, and then over the next four years made only 13 first-team appearances in total, as backup first to Bayes and then to Harold Gough and Joe Wright.

Laurie Millsom remained with the club for one more season, and was awarded a benefit match in May 1933, at which the attendance was "disappointingly small", at under 2,000.

Laurie Millsom moved on briefly to Dartmouth United, champions of the Plymouth and District League.

Laurie Millsom then took up refereeing, and officiated at Southern League level.