Bob Chandler (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Walter Chandler[1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 November 1894[2] | ||
Place of birth | Fort William, British India[2] | ||
Date of death | 1964 (aged 69–70)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Aston Town | |||
Upper Thomas Street Boys | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1911 | Glossop | 0 | (0) |
1913 | Aston Villa | 1 | (0) |
Walsall | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Robert Walter Chandler (15 November 1894 – 1964) was an English professional football goalkeeper who appeared in the Football League for Aston Villa.[1]
Personal life[]
Chandler attested as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class in the Royal Air Force during the latter months of the First World War and worked as a fitter.[3]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aston Villa | 1913–14[4] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 55. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b Bob Chandler on Lives of the First World War
- ^ a b "Robert Walter Chandler – Service Record – Football and the First World War". Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Robert Chandler". 11v11.com. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
Categories:
- 1894 births
- Footballers from Kolkata
- English footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- English Football League players
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War I
- 1964 deaths
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Anglo-Indian people
- English football goalkeeper stubs