Charles Bunyan, Sr.

Charles Bunyan
Personal information
Full name Charles Bunyan, Sr.
Date of birth 1869
Place of birth Campton, England
Date of death 1922 (aged 5253)
Place of death Ixelles, Belgium
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Old Horns
Spital Olympic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1886–1887 Chesterfield ? (?)
1887–1889 Hyde ? (?)
1889–1892 Derby County 9 (0)
1892–1894 Chesterfield Town ? (?)
1893Sheffield United (guest) 0 (0)
1894–1895 Derby County 0 (0)
1895–1896 Ilkeston Town ? (?)
1896 Heanor Town ? (?)
1896–1898 Walsall 44 (0)
1898–1899 New Brompton 24 (0)
1899–1902 Newcastle United 0 (0)
Teams managed
1909–1911 Racing Club de Bruxelles
1909–1911 Belgium (Assistant Manager)
1911–1912 Örgryte IS
1912 Sweden (Coach)
1912–1914 Standard Liège
1914 Belgium
1919–1922 Anderlecht (Coach)
1922 Anderlecht

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Charles Bunyan, Sr. (1869–1922) was an English professional football player and manager active throughout Europe in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.

Personal life

Bunyan was born in Campton. Bunyan had three sons – Charles, Maurice and Ernie – two of whom became professional footballers.

Career

Playing career

Bunyan played as a goalkeeper, and after playing with local sides Old Horns and Spital Olympic, Bunyan played with Chesterfield in 1886, before turning professional with Hyde a year later. He was in goal for Hyde when the club lost 26–0 to Preston North End in the FA Cup in October 1887, a score which remains a record in senior English football.[1]

He played in the Football League with Derby County, Bunyan returned to Chesterfield in 1892. Bunyan was sacked by Chesterfield for a number of misdemeanours – both on and off the pitch – and he played with Ilkeston Town and Heanor Town before returning to League football with Walsall. He moved to New Brompton in 1898, where he was an ever-present for one season before moving on to Newcastle United. He also played as a 'guest' player for Sheffield United.[1]

Coaching career

Bunyan moved to Belgium in 1909 to become coach of Racing Club de Bruxelles, while also assisting with the Belgian national side. He moved to Sweden in 1911 to manage Örgryte IS, before coaching the Swedish national side in time for the 1912 Summer Olympics. Bunyan returned to Belgium in 1912 to manage Standard Liège, and after a brief spell also managing the Belgian national side, his career was interrupted by the First World War, but he returned to Belgium after the war ended to coach Anderlecht.

Bunyan replaced Sylva Brébart as manager of Anderlecht in 1922, but died ten months later and was replaced by his son, Charles.[2]

References

General

Chesterfield F.C. profile

Specific
  1. 1 2 Denis Clarebrough & Andrew Kirkham (2008). Sheffield United Who's Who. Hallamshire Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-1-874718-69-7.
  2. Marcel Gallez & Johan Serkijn (2008). Le dictionnaire du RSC Anderlecht (tome 2). Magnad. p. 47. ISBN 978-2-9600723-3-4.
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