Ebenezer Cobb Morley

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Ebenezer Cobb Morley

Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831-1924) was an English

England

The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependency of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man....
and modern Football and, to a certain extent, of all organised Football

Football

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.

Morley was born in Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England....
but moved to Barnes in 1858 forming the Barnes Club, a founding member of the FA, in 1862.

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Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831-1924) was an English

England

The Football Association

Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
.

Morley was born in Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Mortlake

Mortlake is a district of London, England and part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is on the south bank of the River Thames between Kew and Barnes, London with East Sheen inland to the south....
-based club, he wrote to Bell's Life newspaper

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proposing a governing body for the sport ,that led to the first meeting at the Freemason's Tavern ,that created the FA.

He was the FA's first secretary (1863-6) and its second president (1867-74) and drafted the first Laws of the Game

Laws of the Game

The Laws of the Game are the rules governing a game of association football. They are written and maintained by the International Football Association Board ....
at his home in Barnes. As a player, he played in the first ever match, against Richmond

Richmond F.C.

Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs....
in 1863, and scored in the first representative match, between the clubs of London and Sheffield on 31 March 1866. (see Sheffield F.C.

Sheffield F.C.

Sheffield Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Sheffield FC or Sheffield, is an England amateur Association football club from Sheffield, South Yorkshire....
).

A solicitor

Solicitor

In the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers, and a law practitioner will usually only hold one title....
by profession, Morley was a keen oarsman, founding the Barnes and Mortlake Regatta for which he was also secretary (1862-80). He served on the Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
County Council for Barnes (1903-19) and was a Justice of the Peace.