Ted Bassett

Edward John Bassett (1 January 1889 – 25 November 1970) was an English association football winger.

Career

Born and raised in London, Bassett played for a variety of local clubs in his teenage years, including Deptford Invicta, Croydon Common, Metrogas and Charlton Albion. He played for Dartford in the Kent League in 1909, and eventually reached the Southern League with Millwall in 1911. After a brief return to Dartford, Bassett joined Notts County of the Football League Second Division. In his first season at Meadow Lane, County won the league, achieving promotion to the First Division, the highest league in English football. County achieved a sixteenth-placed finish the following season, before league football was suspended due to the First World War. During this time he played as a wartime guest player for London clubs Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur.