Dick Upex

Richard Upex (26 June 1892 – 22 May 1979) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Charlton Athletic as an inside left.[3][4] He also played Southern League football for Croydon Common and Southend United.[2]

Dick Upex
Personal information
Full name Richard Upex[1]
Date of birth (1892-06-26)26 June 1892
Place of birth New Fletton, England[1]
Date of death 22 May 1979(1979-05-22) (aged 86)[2]
Place of death Croydon, England[2]
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912 Great Eastern Locomotive Works
1912 Peterborough City
1912–1916 Croydon Common 22 (11)
1916–1917 Clapton Orient
1919 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
1919–1920 Southend United 17 (6)
1920–1922 Charlton Athletic 19 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Upex worked as a sugar boiler in the confectionery trade.[1] He served as a private with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and saw action at High Wood, Vimy Ridge, Loos, Cambrai and Lens.[2][5] He also served in the Labour Corps.[6] In 1937, Upex was working as a commission agent and during the 1950s he ran a turf accountancy business.[1]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Croydon Common 1912–13[2] Southern League Second Division 13 8 5 3 18 11
1913–14[2] Southern League Second Division 3 1 0 0 3 1
1914–15[2] Southern League First Division 6 2 1 0 7 2
Total 22 11 6 3 28 14
Southend United 1919–20[2] Southern League First Division 17 6 0 0 17 6
Charlton Athletic 1920–21[2] Southern League English Section 16 6 5 4 21 10
1921–22[2] Third Division South 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 19 6 5 4 24 10
Career total 58 23 11 7 69 30

References
  1. "Our Her-O's: The final part of Orient's World War I heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  2. "Biographies – Dick Upex" (PDF). Croydon Common FC. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 295. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  4. "Upex Dick Charlton Athletic 1921". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. "Frontline London". Archived from the original on 8 December 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  6. Dick Upex on Lives of the First World War


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