Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arthur Clamp[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 May 1884 | ||
Place of birth | Sneinton, England[2] | ||
Date of death | 19 September 1918[3] | (aged 34)||
Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4] | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Sneinton | |||
1906–1915 | Notts County | 275 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Arthur Clamp (1 May 1884 – 19 September 1918) was an English professional footballer who made over 270 appearances in the Football League for Notts County.[1][5] A centre half, "he possessed remarkable stamina and above all, excelled as a breaker-up of combination".[6]
The son of Thomas and Caroline Clamp,[3] Clamp worked as a bricklayer and was married with children.[2] His great-grandson Steve Clamp became a journalist and presenter.[7] In April 1918, during the final year of the First World War, Clamp was called up to serve as a private in the British Army.[2] After a period with the Sherwood Foresters, he was transferred to the 7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) upon his arrival in France.[3][2] Within three days of his arrival in the trenches, he was seriously wounded at Trônes Wood during the Second Battle of the Somme.[2][6] Clamp was evacuated to Britain, where he died in Stoke-on-Trent Military Hospital on 19 September 1918.[2] He was buried with military honours in Church Cemetery, Nottingham.[3]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Notts County | 1914–15[8] | First Division | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Career total | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Notts County