Personal information | |||
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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][failed verification] | ||
Position(s) | Half back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1892–1898 | Brentford | 19 | (1) |
1898 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Arthur Herbert Charlton (29 December 1876 – 24 October 1956) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a half back in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.[2][failed verification][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]
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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 1896–97[4] | London League Second Division | 7 | 1 | — | 9[a] | 6 | 16 | 7 | |
1897–98[4] | London League First Division | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10[b] | 1 | 21 | 1 | |
1898–99[4] | Southern League Second Division | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 40 | 8 | ||
Nottingham Forest | 1898–99[8] | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
Career total | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 43 | 8 |
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