| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Percy Arthur Gordon Champion[1] | ||
| Date of birth | March 1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Lewes, England | ||
| Date of death | 1957 (aged 69–70)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Woking | |||
| 1912–1913 | Fulham | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Percy Arthur Gordon Champion (March 1887 – 1957) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Fulham.[1]
Personal life
Champion served for 12 years in the East Lancashire Regiment prior to the First World War.[2] Two years after the outbreak of the war, he re-enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps in July 1916.[3] He saw action in Salonika and was promoted to sergeant in August 1917.[3] At the time malaria and gastritis led to Champion's discharge from the army in November 1919, he was holding the rank of company sergeant major.[3]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fulham | 1912–13[4] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1913–14[4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
References
- 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 55. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ↑ "Percy Arthur Gordon Champion | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Fulham Players and the First World War". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- 1 2 "Percy Champion". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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