Matthew Armstrong (English footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Matthew Armstrong[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1918/1919 | ||
Place of birth | High Spen,[1] County Durham, England | ||
Date of death | 12 July 1941 (aged 22) | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Playing position | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1936–1939 | Darlington | 38 | (2) |
1939–19?? | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Matthew Armstrong (1918 or 1919 – 12 July 1941) was an English footballer who made 38 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half for Darlington in the 1930s.[1] He joined Aston Villa in 1939 – a preview in the Daily Express highlighted him as one of "two young defenders who look as if they have that certain Soccer something"[3] – but he never played for Villa's first team before the league was abandoned for the duration of the Second World War.[1][4]
Armstrong died on active service on 12 July 1941, aged 22, while serving in the Middle East as a private with 149 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. He is commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ↑ "Sykes Transferred". Birmingham Mail. 27 June 1939. Retrieved 8 August 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Halsey, Stanley (17 August 1939). "Villa, Fulham put faith in young players". Daily Express. p. 14.
- ↑ "Armstrong, Matthew". Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "Casualty details: Armstrong, Matthew". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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