West Bromwich Albion FC: a 9ct. gold 1919-20 League Division One Championship medal awarded to club ...
West Bromwich Albion FC: a 9ct. gold 1919-20 League Division One Championship medal awarded to club director D.G. Nurse, inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, CHAMPIONS, DIVISION 1, 1919-20, D.G. NURSE, DIRECTOR, the reverse later mounted with a blue enamel circle inscribed WEST BROMWICH ALBION FOOTBALL CLUB in original case with the silk lining inscribed WEST BROMWICH ALBION FOOTBALL CLUB The 1919-20 season, the first since the resumption of football after the Great War, still remains West Bromwich Albion's one and only Championship winning season. This medal was awarded to Dan Nurse who was a club director at the time. He was a former 'Baggies' player and amongst a small group of footballers who has played for both Black Country rival clubs West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nurse was captain of the West Brom team who won the Second Division Championship in season 1901-02. His brother Louis Nurse was also a club director and occupied the Chairman's office between 1937 and 1947.