Charlie Bicknell (footballer)

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Charlie Bicknell
Personal information
Date of birth (1905-11-16)16 November 1905
Place of birth Chesterfield, England
Date of death 6 September 1994(1994-09-06) (aged 88)
Place of death Cambridgeshire, England
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– ? (?)
1927–1930 Chesterfield 79 (0)
1930–1936 Bradford City 240 (2)
1936–1947 West Ham United 149 (0)
Total 468 (2)
Teams managed
1948–1951 Bedford Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Charles Bicknell (6 November 1905 – 6 September 1994) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back. Active between 1928 and 1947, Bicknell made over 450 appearances in the Football League.

Career[]

Bicknell began his early career in non-league football, playing for teams such as , among others. He began his Football League career in October 1927 with Chesterfield, where he made 79 appearances between 1928 and 1930.[1] He went on to play for Bradford City and West Ham United.[2]

Bicknell left West Ham in 1947, and was appointed player-manager of Bedford Town in April 1948, where he remained in charge until 1951, after which he remained involved at the club until 1959.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Chesterfield FC: Football League players, 1921 to 2009". Chesterfield Football Club. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Charlie Bicknell". West Ham Stats. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  3. ^ Managers and Coaches, 1945-82 Bedford Old Eagles


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