Arthur Clamp
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arthur Clamp[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 May 1884 | ||
Place of birth | Sneinton, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 19 September 1918[2] | (aged 34)||
Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
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 football forward who made over 270 appearances in the Football League for Notts County.[1][3]
Personal life
Clamp worked as a bricklayer.[4] 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.[4] After a period with the Sherwood Foresters, he was transferred to the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) after his arrival in France.[4] He was seriously wounded within three days of his arrival in the trenches and was evacuated to Britain, where he died in Stoke-on-Trent Military Hospital on 19 September 1918.[4] He was buried with military honours in Nottingham Church Cemetery.[2]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Notts County | 1914–15[5] | First Division | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Career total | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 58. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "100 Years On – A Look At A Notts County Player's Involvement In The Great War". www.nottscountyfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Arthur Clamp". www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Notts County Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
Categories:
- 1884 births
- People from Sneinton
- English footballers
- Association football wing halves
- English Football League players
- British military personnel of World War I
- 1918 deaths
- Sherwood Foresters soldiers
- Queen's Royal Regiment soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Bricklayers
- English football midfielder, 1880s birth stubs