Arthur Charlton

Arthur Charlton
Personal information
Full name Arthur Herbert Charlton[1]
Date of birth 1877
Place of birth Paisley, Scotland
Date of death 1956 (aged 7879)
Place of death Ealing, England[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1892–1898 Brentford
1898 Nottingham Forest 3

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Arthur Charlton, Esq (1877–1956)[2] was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.[3] He is best remembered for his six years in amateur football with Brentford during the 1890s, being described as "probably the club's first great player".[4] He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.[5]

Personal life

Charlton left Brentford to complete an apprenticeship in soap making.[4] 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][4] 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Commerce, Brentford. "Former Presidents". www.brentfordchamber.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  2. 1 2 "England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription". search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  3. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 56. ISBN 190589161X.
  4. 1 2 3 Wickham, Chris. "BRENTFORD FC TREASURE TROVE". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  5. 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.


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