C. D. Crisp

Charles Doland Crisp OBE (18 February 1864 – 5 February 1956) was an English local politician and association football administrator. Crisp was Mayor of Lewes for 11 years.

While attached to London Regiment he was made into a Lieutenant colonel. He served in World War I and was appointed an OBE for organising the "all clear" messages after enemy bombing raids. In World War II he was the Air Raid Precautions sub-controller for Lewes.

In a long career in association football, Crisp was a player (goalkeeper), referee and administrator. He founded the Athenian League, was a member of the Football Association council and served as a director of Arsenal and Chelsea.[1] He was chairman of the Middlesex County Football Association from 1907 until 1954.[2]

References

"Death of "Grand old man" of the County". Sussex Agricultural Express. 10 February 1956. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
"History". Middlesex County Football Association. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

Chelsea F.C. – chairpersons
Kirby (1905–35) Pratt Snr. (1935–36) Crisp (1936–40) J. Mears (1940–66) Pratt Jnr. (1966–68) Withey (1968–69) B. Mears (1969–81) Viscount Chelsea (1981–82) Bates (1982–2004) Buck (2004–22) Boehly (2022–)

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