Arthur Rigby

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Arthur Rigby
Full name	Arthur Rigby
Date of birth	7 June 1900(1900-06-07)
Place of birth	Chorlton,^{[disambiguation needed]} Manchester, England
Date of death	March 1960 aged 59
Place of death	Crewe, England
Playing position	Inside left or Outside left
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1921–1925 1925–1929 1929–1932 1932–1933 1933–1935 1935–1937	Crewe Alexandra Bradford City Blackburn Rovers Everton Middlesbrough Clapton Orient Crewe Alexandra Total	121 0(21) 156 0(42) 467 (108)
National team
1927	England	005 00(3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Arthur Rigby (born June 7, 1900 in Chorlton,^{[disambiguation needed]} Manchester, England; died March 1960 in Crewe, England) was an English professional footballer who played as inside left or outside left. He won an FA Cup winners medal with Blackburn Rovers and five caps for England.

1 Domestic playing career
2 International playing career
3 International goals
4 Honours
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Domestic playing career

Arthur Rigby was an electrician by trade who initially started his football career as a goalkeeper until after a trial with Stockport County, signed as a winger for Crewe Alexandra after the First World War.^[1] In March 1921 he signed for Bradford City for £1,200 when City director Allan Welch took time away from business in Crewe to take him from non-league football to Division One. He played 13 games, scoring one goal, in his first season at City, before the club was relegated in his first full season.

He scored five goals in the club's first season in Division Two during the 1922–23 season finishing as the club's joint top goal-scorer. He remained at City for another two seasons, finishing with 21 goals from 121 league appearances, before he returned to the top flight when Blackburn Rovers paid £2,500 for his services.^[1]

His form at Ewood Park was rewarded with an international call-up for the England team and an FA Cup winners medal in 1928 when Rovers defeated Huddersfield Town 3–1. After 156 league appearances and 42 goals, he left Rovers to sign for Everton in November 1929.

He won a Second Division championship medal with Everton in 1930–31 season, before moving to Middlesbrough in May 1932. He later played for Clapton Orient and finished his career back at Crewe, where he died in March 1960, aged 59.

[edit] International playing career

Rigby won his first England international cap in a British Home Championship game with Scotland on April 2, 1927. England won 2–1. He scored two goals in his second game against Belgium a month later in a convincing 9–1 victory. In total he won five caps, scoring one more goal, all in 1927.

[edit] International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	May 11, 1927	Oscar Bossaert Stadion, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	9–1	Win	Friendly
2.	May 11, 1927	Oscar Bossaert Stadion, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	9–1	Win	Friendly
3.	May 26, 1927	Colombes, Paris, France	France	6–0	Win	Friendly