Arthur Clamp | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 May 1884 Sneinton, England[1] |
| Died |
19 September 1918 (aged 34)[2] Stoke-on-Trent, England |
Arthur Clamp (1 May 1884 – 19 September 1918) was an English professional football centre half who made over 270 appearances in the Football League for Notts County.[3][4] As a player, "he possessed remarkable stamina and above all, excelled as a breaker-up of combination".[5]
Personal life[]
Son of Thomas and Caroline Clamp,[2] Clamp worked as a bricklayer and was married with children.[1] 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.[1] After a period with the Sherwood Foresters, he was transferred to the 7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)[2] after his arrival in France.[1] Within three days of his arrival in the trenches, he was seriously wounded at Trônes Wood during the Second Battle of the Somme.[1][5] Clamp was evacuated to Britain, where he died in Stoke-on-Trent Military Hospital on 19 September 1918.[1] He was buried with military honours in Church Cemetery, Nottingham.[2]
Career statistics[]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Notts County | 1914–15[6] | First Division | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Career total | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Arthur Clamp". http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/rollofhonour/People/Details/8633.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2750260/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 58. ISBN 190589161X.
- ↑ "100 Years On – A Look At A Notts County Player's Involvement In The Great War". http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/100-years-on-a-look-at-a-notts-county-players-involvement-in-the-great-war-1803803.aspx. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lockley, Mike (29 March 2018). "The brave Midland football stars who fought and died in WWI". https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/brave-midland-football-stars-who-14449202. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ↑ "Notts County Squad 1914/15" (in en-US). Football and the First World War. http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/notts-county-squad-1915/. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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