Arthur Charlton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Herbert Charlton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1876 | ||
| Place of birth | Paisley, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 24 October 1956 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Ealing, England[2] | ||
| Playing position | Half back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1892–1898 | Brentford | 18 | (2) |
| 1898 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Arthur Herbert Charlton, Esq (29 December 1876 – 24 October 1956) was a Scottish football half back who played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.[2][3][4] He is best remembered for his six years in amateur football with Brentford during the 1890s,[4] captaining the team and being described as "probably the club's first great player".[5][6] He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.[7]
Personal life
Charlton left Brentford to complete an apprenticeship in soap making.[5] He later returned to West London served as head of the Brentford Chamber of Commerce from 1932 to 1933 and as mayor of Brentford & Chiswick in 1951.[1][5] He was also a county councillor, an alderman and chairman and managing director of the Brentford Soap Company.[1] He was made a freeman of the borough in 1954.[1]
Honours
As a player
- West London Alliance: 1892–93[4]
- West Middlesex Cup: 1894–95[4]
- London League Second Division runner-up: 1896–97[4]
- London League First Division runner-up: 1897–98[4]
- London Senior Cup: 1897–98[4]
- Middlesex Senior Cup: 1897–98[4]
As an individual
References
- 1 2 3 4 Commerce, Brentford. "Former Presidents". www.brentfordchamber.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- 1 2 "England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription". search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 56. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 352-355. ISBN 0951526200.
- 1 2 3 Wickham, Chris. "BRENTFORD FC TREASURE TROVE". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ↑ White 1989, p. 68.
- 1 2 Wickham, Chris. "Kevin O'Connor and Marcus Gayle join others in being added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-20.