Arthur Clamp

Arthur Clamp (1 May 1884 – 19 September 1918) was an English professional football centre half who made over 270 appearances in the Football League for Notts County.[1][4] As a player, "he possessed remarkable stamina and above all, excelled as a breaker-up of combination".[5]

Arthur Clamp
Personal information
Full name Arthur Clamp[1]
Date of birth 1 May 1884
Place of birth Sneinton, England[2]
Date of death 19 September 1918(1918-09-19) (aged 34)[3]
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, England
Playing position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sneinton
1906–1915 Notts County 275 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Son of Thomas and Caroline Clamp,[3] Clamp worked as a bricklayer and was married with children.[2] In April 1918, during the final year of the First World War, Clamp was called up to serve as a private in the British Army.[2] After a period with the Sherwood Foresters, he was transferred to the 7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)[3] after his arrival in France.[2] Within three days of his arrival in the trenches, he was seriously wounded at Trônes Wood during the Second Battle of the Somme.[2][5] Clamp was evacuated to Britain, where he died in Stoke-on-Trent Military Hospital on 19 September 1918.[2] He was buried with military honours in Church Cemetery, Nottingham.[3]

Career statistics
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Notts County 1914–15[6] First Division 24 0 0 0 24 0
Career total 24 0 0 0 24 0

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 58. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. "Arthur Clamp". www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. "100 Years On – A Look At A Notts County Player's Involvement In The Great War". www.nottscountyfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. Lockley, Mike (29 March 2018). "The brave Midland football stars who fought and died in WWI". birminghammail. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  6. "Notts County Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 25 November 2017.


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