Dick Pym

Richard Henry Pym (2 February 1893 – 16 September 1988) was an English footballer best known for being the Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper at the first ever FA Cup final to be played at Wembley Stadium in 1923.

Dick Pym, born into a fishing family played for a local club in his hometown Topsham, initially as a centre-forward before moving to Exeter City in 1911.

When Exeter City joined the Football League in 1920, Pym was sold to Bolton Wanderers at the end of the 1920/21 season for the enormous sum of £5,000 to enable the club to purchase its home ground, St James Park.

Pym left Bolton in 1930 after 336 matches for the club, going on to play for another year with non-league Yeovil & Petters United.

He became the last-surviving member of the historic 1923 Bolton Wanderers team and lived until he was 95, earning him the record for the longest-lived England international footballer.