Arthur Beadsworth
Personal information
Full name Arthur Beadsworth[1]
Date of birth September 1876
Place of birth Leicester, England
Date of death 9 October 1917 (aged 41)[2]
Place of death Wimereux, France
Position(s) Outside left, inside forward
Youth career
1893 Leicester Fosse
Leicester YMCA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1898–1900 Hinckley United
1900–1901 Leicester Fosse 4 (0)
Coventry City
1902 Preston North End 0 (0)
1902–1903 Manchester United 9 (1)
1903–1905 Swindon Town 54 (11)
1905 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
1905–1906 New Brompton 21 (3)
1906 Burton United 18 (0)
Hinckley United
1907–1908 Nuneaton Town (7)
Hinckley United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur Beadsworth (September 1876 – 9 October 1917) was an English professional football who played in the Football League for Burton United, Manchester United and Leicester Fosse as a forward.[1][3][4][5]

Personal life

Beadsworth briefly served in the Leicestershire Regiment and the King's Royal Rifle Corps of the British Army in the early 1890s, before being discharged for being underage.[6] He married in 1897, had four children and later worked as a shoe hand in Hinckley after his retirement from professional football in 1906.[6] After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Beadsworth re-enlisted in the Leicestershire Regiment.[6] His battalion was deployed to the Western Front in July 1915 and by March 1916 he had risen to the rank of sergeant.[6] Beadsworth was gassed during the Third Battle of Ypres, and he was transferred to Wimereux, France, where he died of his wounds on 9 October 1917.[6] He was buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester Fosse 1900–01[7] Second Division 4 0 0 0 4 0
Manchester United 1902–03[3] Second Division 9 1 3 1 12 2
Swindon Town 1903–04[4] Southern League First Division 24 3 0 0 24 3
1904–05[4] 30 8 0 0 30 8
Total 54 11 0 0 54 11
New Brompton 1905–06[8] Southern League First Division 21 3 3 1 24 4
Burton United 1906–07[9] Second Division 18 0 0 0 18 0
Career total 106 15 6 2 112 17

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 21. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Arthur Beadsworth". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Arthur Beadsworth – Player Profile". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nuneaton Town 1894–1919 Part 1" (PDF). p. 79. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Arthur Beadsworth". cottinghamsoldiers.org.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Arthur Beadsworth | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Arthur Beadsworth". Gillingham FC Scrapbook. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  9. ↑ Boujaoude, Charbel (25 June 2019). Manchester United Players' Careers 2019. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-359-75289-8.
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