Arthur Aaron (footballer)

Arthur Aaron
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Frederick Aaron
Date of birth	22 September 1885
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	10 April 1950 (aged 64)
Place of death	Prescot, Lancashire
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Southport Central
1907	Stockport County
1906	St Helens Recreation
	Accrington Stanley
	Ashton Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur Frederick Aaron (21 September 1885^[a] – 10 April 1950), later Arron, was an English association footballer who played in the Football League for Stockport County.^[4] Arthur Aaron is alphabetically the first player in Football League records.

Aaron was born in Liverpool, the son of Thomas Aaron and Mary Ann Conroy, and was baptised Romanic Catholic at Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church.^[5] After his football career, he became an estate agent in Lancashire. He married Mary Sophia Fleetwood in 1912. ^[6] In 1937, he changed the spelling of his surname to Arron via deed poll.^[7] He died in Prescot, Lancashire, aged 64.^[8]

Notes[edit]

^ His baptism record gives his date of birth as 22 September, but the 1939 Register and his grave list the date as 21 September.

References[edit]

^ 1939 England and Wales Register
^ 1891 England Census
^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973–1995
^ Joyce, Michael (October 2004). The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.
^ Liverpool, England, Catholic Baptisms, 1741–1919
^ Liverpool, England, Catholic Marriages, 1754–1933
^ "No. 34456". The London Gazette. 19 November 1937. p. 7321.
^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007

External links[edit]

Arthur Aaron at Find a Grave

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[4] His baptism record gives his date of birth as 22 September, but the 1939 Register and his grave list the date as 21 September.

[register-1] 1939 England and Wales Register

[1891census-2] 1891 England Census

[probate-3] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973–1995

[5] Joyce, Michael (October 2004). The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.

[6] Liverpool, England, Catholic Baptisms, 1741–1919

[7] Liverpool, England, Catholic Marriages, 1754–1933

[8] "No. 34456". The London Gazette. 19 November 1937. p. 7321.

[death-9] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007

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