Arthur Gardner (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arthur Edwin Gardner | ||
Date of birth | January 1878 | ||
Place of birth | West Smethwick, England | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Smethwick Hall | |||
1898–1899 | Small Heath | 16 | (9) |
1899–1901 | |||
1901–19xx | Oldbury Broadwell | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Arthur Edwin Gardner (January 1878 – after 1900) was an English professional footballer who played in the Second Division of the Football League for Small Heath.[1] He played as an inside forward.
Gardner was born in West Smethwick, Staffordshire, and played football for Smethwick Hall before joining Small Heath in 1898.[2] He scored twice on his debut in a 9–0 defeat of Luton Town on 12 November 1898, and scored a further seven times in the club's next 17 games,[3] but lost his place on the arrival of Walter Wigmore, and returned to non-league football with and later with Oldbury Broadwell.[2]
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- 1878 births
- Sportspeople from Smethwick
- English footballers
- Association football inside forwards
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Oldbury Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English football forward, 1870s birth stubs