Charlie Briggs (footballer)

Charles Edward Briggs (4 April 1911 – 29 January 1993) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Halifax Town and Rochdale.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Charlie Briggs
Personal information
Full name Charles Edward Briggs[1]
Date of birth 4 April 1911
Place of birth Liphook, England
Date of death 29 January 1993(1993-01-29) (aged 81)[1]
Place of death Broxburn, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1930 Tottenham Hotspur
1930– Haywards Sports
Guildford City
1935 Fulham 0 (0)
1936 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
1937 Bradford Park Avenue 0 (0)
1937–1939 Halifax Town 53 (0)
1939–1947 Clyde 0 (0)
Aldershot (guest) 63 (0)
Halifax Town (guest) 73 (0)
Fulham (guest) 1 (0)
1942–1943Tottenham Hotspur (guest) 3 (0)
1943Brentford (guest) 1 (0)
1947 Rochdale 12 (0)
1947–1948 Chesterfield 0 (0)
1948 Ransome & Marles
1948 Ilkeston Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics edit

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rochdale 1946–47[7] Third Division North 4 0 0 0 4 0
1947–48[7] 8 0 0 0 8 0
Career total 12 0 0 0 12 0

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Charlie Briggs". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b Goodwin, Bob (16 August 2017). The Spurs Alphabet. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
  3. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 38. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  4. ^ "Players with no competitive, first-team pedigree: B". Chesterfield FC history & statistics. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 377. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. ^ "Scottish League appearance records – B". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  7. ^ a b Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.