Gus Mears
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Gus Mears
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Henry Augustus Mears was an English businessman, most notable for founding Chelsea Football Club. He was born in 1873, the son of Joseph and Charlotte Mears. In 1896, Mears and his brother Joseph purchased the Stamford Bridge Athletics Ground and later the nearby market garden with the intention of turning it into the country's finest football ground and staging high-profile matches there. He failed to persuade Fulham FC chairman Henry Norris to re-locate his club to the ground, and considered s
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English businessman and founder of Chelsea F.C. (1873-1912)
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2023-03-15T16:35:38Z
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