Charles Sprigg

Charles Sprigg
Personal information
Date of birth 1889
Place of birth Smethwick, England
Date of death 1969 (aged 79)
Place of death Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Smethwick Centaur
Bilston United
1912–1913 Birmingham 5 (0)
1913–1914 Redditch Town
1914–1915 Birmingham 9 (0)
1915–19?? Moor Green
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Sprigg[a] (1889–1969) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham. He played as an outside left.[2]

Sprigg was born in Smethwick, which was then in Staffordshire. He played local football before joining Birmingham in November 1912.[3] He made his debut in the Second Division on 28 December 1912, in a home game against Bradford which finished as a 1–1 draw. He played in the next four games,[5] and then left the club, only to return in 1914 having spent the intervening period playing for Redditch Town. He played nine more games before the First World War put a stop to the Football League. In 1915 he enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery.[3]

Sprigg died in Birmingham in 1969 at the age of 79.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Joyce[2] calls him Spriggs (with a final "s"), as opposed to Matthews' Sprigg (without).[3] The Matthews version is consistent with contemporary newspaper match reports and with the register of births.[4]

References

  1. ^ Old Blue (29 August 1914). "The 1914–15 season at hand". Sports Argus. Birmingham. p. 1.
  2. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ a b c Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. ^ Matthews, p. 159.
  6. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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