Daniel Hurst: podcast appearances and interviews

Daniel Hurst was an English footballer born in Workington, Cumberland, in 1876. His primary position on the field was as an outside left. Hurst's football career began with the local club Black Diamonds before he joined Blackburn Rovers in 1897 at the age of 20. During his three seasons with Blackburn, he scored 17 goals in 53 league appearances and was selected to play for a Football League XI. In 1900, he returned to Cumberland to join his hometown team, Workington, before re-entering the Football League with Manchester City a year later. Hurst played 15 matches for Manchester City during his single season with the club. In 1902, he transferred to Manchester United, making his debut in September of that year. He scored goals in three successive games early in his tenure and added one more goal in a match against Lincoln City before leaving the club at the end of the 1902–03 season. After retiring from football, Hurst worked as an engineman on a blast furnace. He married Emily Borthwick Cretney in Workington in December 1898, and they had three children named Catherine, Daniel Jr., and Mary.