Charlie Hare
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Boyd Hare | ||
| Date of birth | 1870[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Yardley, Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | 10 August 1947 (aged 77)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Erdington,[1] Birmingham, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Warwick County | ||
| – | Birmingham United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1891–1895 | Aston Villa | 25 | (13) |
| 1895–1896 | Woolwich Arsenal | 19 | (7) |
| 1896–1898 | Small Heath | 43 | (14) |
| 1898–1900 | Watford | 43 | (23) |
| 1903–1904 | Plymouth Argyle | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 134 | (57) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Charles Boyd "Charlie" Hare (1870 – 10 August 1947) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Woolwich Arsenal and Small Heath in the 1890s.[2] An inside forward or centre forward, he also represented Watford and Plymouth Argyle in the Southern League.
Life and career
Born in Yardley, Birmingham,[3] Hare played in the Football League in the 1890s for Aston Villa, contributing to their first league title in the 1893–94 season. He was transferred to Woolwich Arsenal in February 1895 and made his debut for the Second Division side on 9 March 1895 against Leicester Fosse, which ended as a 3–3 draw.[4] In one-and-a-half seasons at the club he was in and out of the side, mainly playing at inside forward, although he also deputised for Joe Powell at right back.[4]
With 20 appearances and 7 goals to his name for Woolwich Arsenal,[4] in November 1896 he moved to Small Heath.[3] He then played for Watford in the Southern League, and is joint holder of the club record for most FA Cup goals in a season, with seven in the 1899–1900 campaign.[5] Hare served in South Africa during the Boer War.[3] On his return he tried to revive his career with Plymouth Argyle in the Southern League, but with little success,[6] and he left the professional game in 1904.[3]
He ran a hotel in Liskeard, Cornwall, before returning to Birmingham where he died in 1947.[1]
Honours
Aston Villa
- Football League First Division champions: 1893–94
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Players: H" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2013. Trefor Jones. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony, eds. (1995). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. p. 27. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.
- ↑ "Watford FC Club Records". Watford F.C. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
- ↑ "Charlie Hare". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 31 May 2014.