Percy Champion

Percy Champion
Personal information
Full name Percy Arthur Gordon Champion[1]
Date of birth March 1887
Place of birth Lewes, England
Date of death 1957 (aged 69–70)[1]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Woking
1912–1913 Fulham 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Percy Arthur Gordon Champion (March 1887 – 1957) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Fulham.[1]

Personal life

Champion served for 12 years in the East Lancashire Regiment prior to the First World War.[2] Two years after the outbreak of the war, he re-enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps in July 1916.[3] He saw action in Salonika and was promoted to sergeant in August 1917.[3] At the time malaria and gastritis led to Champion's discharge from the army in November 1919, he was holding the rank of company sergeant major.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 1912–13[4] Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
1913–14[4] 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career Total 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 55. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Percy Arthur Gordon Champion | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Fulham Players and the First World War". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Percy Champion". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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