Arthur Metcalf

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Arthur Metcalf
Date of birth	April 8, 1889(1889-04-08)
Place of birth	Sunderland, England
Date of death	February 9, 1936 (aged 46)
Place of death	Liverpool, England
Playing position	Forward
Youth clubs
1907-1908 1908-1909 1909	St George's Herrington Swifts Hebburn Argyle North Shields Athletic
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1909-1912 1912-1918 1918-1920 1920-1922 1922-1923 1923-1925 1925-1926	Newcastle United Liverpool Stockport County Swindon Town Accrington Stanley Aberdare Athletic Norwich City	12 0(2) 52 (23) 36 (13) 31 0(6) 31 (18) 72 (10) 02 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Arthur Metcalf (born April 8, 1889 in Sunderland, died February 9, 1936) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. Metcalf played for a number of amateur clubs in the north-east, before earning a professional contract with Newcastle United in 1909. He could not break into the first team at St. James' Park, however, only making twelve first team appearances before joining Liverpool in 1912. His time at Anfield was largely successful, he finished as the club's top scorer in his first season with 28 goals, and featured in the FA Cup final a year later. Injury struck, however, and he missed much of the 1914-15 season. He was prolific during wartime football, but was not offered a new contract at the end of the conflict, and went onto have a journeyman career, playing for five more clubs before retiring in 1926. His brother, George, was also a professional footballer.