Charlie Scrimshaw

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]
Playing position	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Hebden Bridge
1929–1938	Stoke City	124	(0)
1938–1939	Middlesbrough	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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

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 side 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 he 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

Sourced from Charlie Scrimshaw profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	1929–30	Second Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1930–31	Second Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1931–32	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1932–33	Second Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
	1933–34	First Division	8	0	2	0	10	0
	1934–35	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1935–36	First Division	42	0	5	0	47	0
	1936–37	First Division	41	0	1	0	42	0
	1937–38	First Division	21	0	0	0	21	0
	1938–39	First Division	4	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		124	0	8	0	132	0
Middlesbrough	1938–39	First Division	9	0	0	0	9	0
Career Total			133	0	8	0	141	0

Honours

Stoke City

Football League Second Division champion: 1932–33

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
↑ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 261. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.

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