Ebenezer Cobb Morley (Kingston upon Hull, 1831 - Barnes, 1924) was an English sports executive, recognized as the father of the Football Association (FA) and modern football.
Morley was born in Kingston upon Hull in 1831 but moved to Barnes, London, in 1858, where he founded Barnes Club, one of the founding clubs of the FA in 1862. In 1863, as a club captain of the neighborhood, wrote to Bell's Life daily proposing the creation of a governing body controlling and guiding football: this proposal led to the first meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern in London, where the FA was born.
Morley was the first secretary of the FA (1863 to 1866) and his second president (1867 to 1874): he was the first to draw the rules of football in his home in Barnes. As a player, he took part in the first ever match, between the Barnes club and Richmond F.C. (now rugby club) in 1863, finished without networks; In addition, he played and signed a network in the first representative game of time, held between London clubs and Sheffield on March 31, 1866. Morley was also a passionate rower; he founded the Barnes and Mortlake Regatta, which also served as secretary from 1862 to 1880. He was a member of Surrey County Council as a representative of Barnes ( 1903-1919), as well as a judge of peace in the same jurisdiction. Bibliografiamodifica wikitesto Voices correlateemodify wikitesto Links externalize the wikitesto
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