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词条 Arnold Birch
释义

  1. World War I

  2. Football career

  3. References

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| birth_place = Grenoside, England
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| position = Goalkeeper
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| years1 = 1918
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Arnold Birch (1891 – 1964) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

World War I

Birch worked at Newton, Chambers & Company's Tankersley mine until it closed in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I. He voluntarily joined the 1st Royal Naval Brigade. After a flee from Antwerpen, Belgium with his division in October 1914, he spent World War I in a prisoner-of-war camp in Groningen, Netherlands playing football in the highly rated internal competition alongside Harry Waites.

He joined local side Be Quick in 1916 as a masseuge and later as coach and was allowed to play for the team in 1918. Be Quick won the Eerste Klasse North and qualified for the Championship play-off finishing fifth.[1][2]

Football career

Upon returning to England, Birch made 27 appearances for Sheffield Wednesday in the Football League between August 1919 and January 1923.[3] He later played for Chesterfield, scoring 5 goals in 141 League appearances.[4] He later played non-League football with Denaby United.

References

1. ^{{nl icon}} Engelse geïnterneerden en het voetbal in Groningen tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog
2. ^{{nl icon}} Arnold Birch: de eerste profvoetballer van Groningen {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050324162022/http://www.groningerarchieven.nl/content.php?hoofd_id=3&sub_id=45&subsub_id=49&hofman_id=32 |date=24 March 2005 }}
3. ^Sheffield Wednesday Archive
4. ^Chesterfield F.C. official website {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902105025/http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/page/PastPlayersDetail/0%2C%2C10435~75354%2C00.html |date=2 September 2012 }}
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9 : 1891 births|1964 deaths|English footballers|Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players|Chesterfield F.C. players|Denaby United F.C. players|English Football League players|British Army personnel of World War I|Association football goalkeepers

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