Charles Sprigg
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Smethwick, England | ||
| Date of death | 1969 | ||
| Place of death | Birmingham, United Kingdom | ||
| Playing position | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 79 | Smethwick Centaur | ? | (?) |
| – | Bilston United | ? | (?) |
| 1912–1913 | Birmingham | 5 | (0) |
| 1913–1914 | Redditch Town | ? | (?) |
| 1914–1915 | Birmingham | 9 | (0) |
| 1915–19xx | Moor Green | ? | (?) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Charles Sprigg[A] (1889 – 1969) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham. He played as an outside left.[1]
Sprigg was born in Smethwick, then in Staffordshire. He played local football before joining Birmingham in November 1912.[2] He made his debut in the Second Division on 28 December 1912, in a home game against Bradford which finished as a 1–1 draw. He played in the next four games,[3] and then left the club, only to return in 1914 having spent the intervening period playing for Redditch Town. He played nine more games before the First World War put a stop to the Football League. In 1915 he enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery.[2]
Notes
A. ^ Joyce[1] calls him Spriggs (with a final "s"), as opposed to Matthews' Sprigg (without).[2] The Matthews version is consistent with contemporary newspaper match reports and with the register of births.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 247. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ↑ Matthews, p. 159.
- ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved May 18, 2009.