Charlie Athersmith

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Charlie Athersmith
Full name	William Charles Athersmith
Date of birth	10 May 1872(1872-05-10)
Place of birth	Bloxwich, England
Date of death	18 September 1910 (aged 38)
Place of death	Shifnal, England
Playing position	Winger
Youth clubs
1887–1888 1888–1890 1890–1891	Bloxwich Wanderers Bloxwich Strollers Unity Gas
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1891–1901 1901–1905	Aston Villa Small Heath	269 (75) 100 (12)
National team
1892–1900	England	012 0(3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

William Charles "Charlie" Athersmith (10 May 1872 – 18 September 1910) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger.

Charlie Athersmith pictured in Aston Villa colours in 1897

Athersmith was born in Bloxwich, Staffordshire. He played the majority of his career at Aston Villa, making 307 appearances and scoring 85 goals. He was part of Villa's Double-winning team of the 1896–97 season and played for the team in three FA Cup Finals. In 1901 he joined Small Heath, where he made 106 appearances and scored 13 goals.^[1]

Athersmith represented England at outside right on 12 occasions and scored three goals, each of which came against Ireland.

He died in Shifnal, Shropshire at the age of 38.

[edit] References

General

Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.

Specific

^ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, pp. 148–151. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

[edit] External links

Charlie Athersmith England profile at Englandstats

Persondata
NAME	Athersmith, Charlie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Athersmith, William Charles
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 10, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England
DATE OF DEATH	September 18, 1910
PLACE OF DEATH	Shifnal, Shropshire