Charles Atkinson-Grimshaw
Personal information
Full name Charles Richard Atkinson-Grimshaw
Date of birth 17 December 1877[1]
Place of birth Plymouth, Devon, England[2]
Date of death 14 October 1933(1933-10-14) (aged 55)
Place of death Florence, Italy[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Racing Club de Bruxelles
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Richard Atkinson-Grimshaw (17 December 1877 – 14 October 1933) was an English footballer who played for Belgian club Racing Club de Bruxelles[4] as a forward.[5] He was topscorer in the Belgian First Division in the 1899–1900 season.[6]

He was the son of Charles William Atkinson-Grimshaw, a retired soldier who died in Bruges in 1892, and Charlotte Honoria Louise Digby Wright.[1] Atkinson-Grimshaw died in Florence, Italy, where he worked at the British Consulate.

Honours

Club

Racing Club de Bruxelles

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b West Flanders, Belgium, Civil Registration, 1797-1900
  2. ^ 1881 England Census
  3. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
  4. ^ "Player list - G" (in Dutch). Belgian Soccer History. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Charles Grimshaw Atkinson". Club Brugge. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Topscorers in Belgium 1895-2001" (in Dutch). Belgian Soccer History. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Historique" (in French). 10 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Topscorer Eerste Klasse".


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