Charlie Scrimshaw
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Thomas Scrimshaw[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Derby, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 4 June 1973 (aged 64)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England[1] | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Hebden Bridge | ||
| 1929–1938 | Stoke City | 124 | (0) |
| 1938–1939 | Middlesbrough | 9 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Charles Thomas "Charlie" Scrimshaw (3 April 1909 – 4 June 1973) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Middlesbrough and Stoke City.[1]
Career
Scrimshaw was born in Derby and began his career playing amateur football with Hebden Bridge before joining Stoke City in 1929 as a 20-year-old.[1] He played a regular role in the club's reserve side in the Central League only appearing for the first team as a replacement for an injured player.[1] In fact it took Scrimshaw six years before he forced his way into the starting eleven mainly due to long serving full back Bob McGrory becoming Stoke's manager.[1] Scrimshaw was seen as his replacement and he played in all the club's 47 fixtures in the 1935–36 season and only missed one match in 1936–37.
However he could not maintain his place in the side and it was decided that he should leave for regular football. He joined Middlesbrough in October 1938 but only managed 9 appearances due to injury.[1] World War II interrupted league football and during the war leagues Scrimshaw returned to play for Stoke. After the war ended and league football resumed Scrimshaw did not continue his footballing career.[1]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke City | 1929–30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1930–31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1931–32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1932–33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1933–34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1934–35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1935–36 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 0 | |
| 1936–37 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| 1937–38 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 1938–39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 124 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 132 | 0 | |
| Middlesbrough | 1938–39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 133 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 141 | 0 | |
Honours
- Stoke City
- Football League Second Division champion: 1932–33