Charlie_Bicknell_(footballer)
Charlie Bicknell (footballer)
English footballer
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.
| 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 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | New Tupton Ivanhoe | ? | (?) |
| 1927–1930 | Chesterfield | 79 | (0) |
| 1930–1936 | Bradford City | 240 | (2) |
| 1936–1947 | West Ham United | 149 | (0) |
| Total | 468 | (2) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1948–1951 | Bedford Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bicknell began his early career in non-league football, playing for teams such as New Tupton Ivanhoe, among others. He began his Football League career in October 1927 with Chesterfield, where he made 79 appearances between 1928 and 1930.[2] He went on to play for Bradford City and West Ham United.[3] He was captain of the West Ham United team that won the 1940 Football League War Cup Final, the wartime replacement of the FA Cup, beating Blackburn 1-0 at Wembley Stadium.
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.[4]
Bicknell was related to ice skater Jayne Torvill, a cousin on her mother's side.[5]
- "West Ham. 'We can't go on being pipped'". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vi – via Newspapers.com.
- "Chesterfield FC: Football League players, 1921 to 2009". Chesterfield Football Club. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- "Charlie Bicknell". West Ham Stats. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- Managers and Coaches, 1945-82 Bedford Old Eagles
- Jefferies, Mark (22 April 2022). "Dancing On Ice's Jayne Torvill lost for words as she makes family discovery". mirror.
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