Charlie Watts (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles Watts[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1870[1] | ||
Place of birth | Stockton-on-Tees, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 23 November 1924[1] | (aged 53–54)||
Place of death | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1892–1893 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis | ||
1893–1894 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | (0) |
1894–1896 | Burton Wanderers | 51 | (0) |
1896–1906 | Newcastle United | 89 | (0) |
Total | 149 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Charles Watts (1870 – 23 November 1924) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers, Burton Wanderers and Newcastle United.[1][2] In 1924, Watts stabbed his son before killing himself with a knife.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Charlie Watts at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ^ "Footballer's Suicide". Evening Post. 25 November 1924. p. 6. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
Categories:
- 1870 births
- 1924 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- English Football League players
- Middlesbrough Ironopolis F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Burton Wanderers F.C. players
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- Footballers from Stockton-on-Tees
- Suicides by sharp instrument in England
- English football goalkeeper stubs