Charlie Watkins

Charlie Watkins

Personal information
Full name	Charles Watkins
Date of birth	14 January 1921
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	1998 (aged 76–77)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	St Anthony's
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1946–1948	Rangers	9	(0)
1948–1954	Luton Town	218	(16)
Teams managed
1964–1965	Luton Town (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Charles "Charlie" Watkins (14 January 1921 – 1998) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. After starting out with Glasgow non-league club St Anthony's, he joined Rangers in 1942. Moving south with English Second Division club Luton Town in 1948, he made 239 appearances for the Bedfordshire club before retiring. Re-joining Luton in the early 1960s as part of the coaching staff, Watkins spent a short spell during the 1964–65 season as caretaker manager.^[1][2] On leaving football, Charlie Watkins went on to run a newsagents for many years, with his family, in the Warden Hills area of Luton.

References

1. Bailey, Steve (December 1997). The Definitive Luton Town F.C. Soccerdata. pp. 100–101. ISBN 1-899468-10-2.
2. Wash, Roger (2008). Hatters Heroes. Roger Wash. ISBN 978-0-9560832-0-3.