What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Dick 'Pincher' Pym 1893-1988 the 'Fisherman Footballer' Exeter City, Bolton Wanderers and England FA Cup winner 1923, 1926, 1929. Lifelong Topsham resident fished from here Recorded plaque organisation: Exeter Civic Society.
Dick Pym was a notable English football player known as the 'Fisherman Footballer,' winning three FA Cups with Exeter City and Bolton Wanderers, and also playing for England; he maintained his identity as a fisherman throughout his life.
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