Charlie Scrimshaw

Charles Thomas Scrimshaw (3 April 1909 – 4 June 1973) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Middlesbrough and Stoke City.[1]

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(1973-06-04) (aged 64)[1]
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hebden Bridge
1929–1938 Stoke City 124 (0)
1938–1939 Middlesbrough 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 team 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, Scrimshaw 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 nine appearances due to injury.[1] World War II interrupted league football and during the war leagues Scrimshaw returned to play for Stoke. He also played eight games as a guest at Port Vale, and also guested for Portsmouth.[2] After the war ended and league football resumed Scrimshaw did not continue his footballing career.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 1929–30 Second Division 200020
1930–31 Second Division 200020
1931–32 Second Division 000000
1932–33 Second Division 300030
1933–34 First Division 8020100
1934–35 First Division 100010
1935–36 First Division 42050470
1936–37 First Division 41010420
1937–38 First Division 21000210
1938–39 First Division 400040
Total 1240801320
Middlesbrough 1938–39 First Division 900090
Career total 1330801410

Honours

Stoke City

References
  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 261. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0. ASIN 0952915200.
  3. Charlie Scrimshaw at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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