Charlie Marks
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| Charlie Marks | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles William Alfred Marks | |
| Date of birth | 21 December 1919 | |
| Place of birth | Eccles, Salford, England | |
| Height | 6'0" | |
| Playing position | Right back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | n/a | |
| Number | n/a | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| ? ? ? 1943-1958 1958-? |
Maidstone United Lloyds Tooting & Mitcham Gillingham Tonbridge |
? ? ? 265 (8) ? |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Charles William Alfred "Charlie" Marks (born Eccles, near Salford, Lancashire, 21 December 1919) was an English professional footballer. He played for Gillingham for fifteen years, making him one of the longest-serving players in the Kent club's history.
[edit] Career
As well as playing for various youth and works teams, Marks had spells with Maidstone United and Tooting & Mitcham United before joining Gillingham in 1943. He played 187 matches for the team during their spell in non-league football and, after the team's return to the Football League in 1950, made 265 further league appearances.[1] In 1958, aged nearly 40, he left to join non-league Tonbridge, his final club.[2]
Marks was famous for his fierce shot and once broke the net with a penalty kick.[2]
After leaving football Marks worked as a stock controller in a paper mill. As of 2000 he was still alive and living in Larkfield near Maidstone.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
- ^ a b c Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd, 208. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
