Joseph Gettins

Brentford Gettins had a short spell with non-League club Brentford during the 1894–95 season and his student friends inadvertently created the club's Bees nickname, by chanting Borough Road College's war-cry "buck up Bs" at a match.

Representative career Gettins was one of 14 players included in Corinthian squad which toured South Africa in 1897,

Personal life Gettins served as a captain (being promoted to a temporary major for a time) in the Royal Army Service Corps Territorial Force during the First World War. Gettins was awarded an OBE in 1933. 0 3 0

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Honours Millwall Athletic Southern League First Division: 1894–95, 1895–96 United League: 1896–97, 1898–99 Middlesbrough Northern League: 1896–97 FA Amateur Cup: 1894–95