Charlie Buchan	Sunderland AFC 6 appearances, 4 goals (1 on his debut) P 6 W 2 D 2 L 2 F 9: A 6 50% successful 1912-24 captain: twice minutes played: 540
Timeline
	Charles Murray Buchan
Birth	22 September 1891 at 151 Reidhaven Road, Plumstead, London [registered in Woolwich, December 1891]. Attended the High Street School in Plumstead, admitted on 20 June 1898, discharged 22 July 1903. From here he attended Bloomfield Road School, and then Woolwich Polytechnic Secondary School.
	According to the 1891 census, Scots-woman Jane Buchan is pregnant with the child that would become Charles. His Scots-father, William, is a blacksmith, and they live at 151 Reidhaven Road in Plumstead. along with siblings, Jeannie, William and Thomas Murray. According to the 1898 admission register for his school, they were still living at 151 Reidhaven Road in 1898.
	According to the 1901 census, Charles is the fourth child of five to Scots-father William and Jane. They live at 8 Nyanza Street in Plumstead. His father is a blacksmith.
	According to the 1911 census, Charles Murray is a professional footballer residing at the Grand Hotel in Bridges Street, Sunderland. He had just signed for Sunderland AFC. According to his army records, he was living at 19 Side Cliff Road in Roker, Sunderland..
Marriage	to Ellen Robson [registered in Sunderland, Durham, March 1914]. They had two children, Joan and Angus
	According to the 1921 census, Charles Murray, a sports athletic outfitter and shopkeeper, is now married to Ellen, and with two children, Angus and Joan, they are holidaying at the Helaina Hotel at 13 Blenheim Terrace in Scarborough. And according to the London Electoral Rolls, Charles and Ellen were living at 27 Mayfield Gardens in Hendon in 1928. Although by 1931 until at least 1934, they were living at 77 Templars Avenue, also in Hendon. By 1951, until his death, they were living at 22 Millbrooke Court in Putney. And according to the British Phone Books, could be contacted there at VANdyke 4795
	According to the 1939 register, Charles M., a sports journalist, and Ellen are still married, living at 77 Templars Avenue in Hendon, with their daughter, Joan.
Death	25 June 1960 at Beaulieu-sur-Mer, south France, aged 68 years 326 days [not registered in England]. Living at 22 Milbrooke Court in Keswick Road, Putney, at the time. Left £17,818 11s. 11d. to his widow, Ellen. He was on holiday at the time, when he suffered from a heart attack.
Funeral	He was cremated in Marseille, although his ashes returned and reside in the chapel of rest at Golders Green crematorium, his ashes are in a niche in the hall, top floor on the North Wall, number 5793. A memorial service was held at St Bride's Church in Fleet Street. - The Colonel, ReadyToGo
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Biographies	A Lifetime in Football - Charlie Buchan (Phoenix House, London 1955)
	He of Football Monthly fame enjoyed a distinguished career with Sunderland and Arsenal from 1910 to 1928 before becoming a sportswriter and BBC radio broadcaster, noted for his 7.25 evening summaries of the Saturday's play. Few autobiographies speak with such authority about football prior to Word War One and into the twenties; this is a very informative work. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).
Playing Career
Club(s)	Started his football career at left-back playing with the Woolwich Polytechnic FC team of the Kent Senior League. He was moved to a forward position after scoring five goals in one match. He also played with his local church side, Plumstead St. Nicholas FC. Buchan also turned out for Plumstead FC and also Elder Tree FC. It was from the Polytechnic, where Buchan was training to be a schoolmaster, that Woolwich Arsenal FC signed him as an amateur in December and played him in the reserves. During which, he signed amateur forms with Northfleet FC in November 1909, of the Kent Keague. After a successful 1909-10 season, Buchan was offered the chance to sign for Bury FC, and then Fulham FC, both were turned down. Then in May 1910, Leyton Orient FC offered Buchan a healthy wage to sign him, and he duly signed. Although Arsenal complained, because he was still on their books. Sunderland AFC paid £1250 to take him there on 30 March 1911. During the War he played with the Guards Depot before guesting for Chelsea FC, Birmingham FC and Huddersfield Town AFC. After 370 league appearances and a record 209 goals, The Arsenal FC re-signed Buchan on 3 July 1925 for a £4100 transfer fee, for the 1925-26 season, Sunderland would also receive £100 for every goal he scored for his new club. After 49 goals in 102 league appearances, he announced his retirement in April 1928, to take effect at the seasons end to become a journalist with The Daily News and Westminster Gazette.
Club honours	Football League Champions 1912-13, runners-up 1922-23, 1925-26; FA Cup runners-up 1912-13, 1926-27;
Individual honours	Football League (ten appearances); FA Charity Shield winners with Professionals 1924;
Distinctions	Played cricket for Durham CC in 1920. Buchan co-founded the Football Writers Association in 1947.
Height/Weight	6' 1", 12st. 1lbs [1921].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Charlie Buchan's A Lifetime in Football [1955].
England Career
Player number	One of seven who became the 361st players (365) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Inside-forward, centre-forward
First match	No. 114, 15 February 1913, Ireland 2 England 1, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 21 years 146 days.
Last match	No. 140, 12 April 1924, England 1 Scotland 1, a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 32 years 203 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1912-13, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1923-24;
Team honours	British Championship winners 1912-13;
Individual honours	England victory (one appearance, 1919); England Joint Topscorer 1920-21 (1), 1921 (1);
Distinctions	After the game on 15 February 1913 against Ireland, Buchan got involved in a argument with a member of the FA Select Committee. As a result he was dropped from the team. Charlie Buchan could easily have played for the Scotland national team, through his Scottish parents, who came from Aberdeen. He was asked to play for them in 1912. The 400th England player to die.
Beyond England
Buchan volunteered for the Grenadier Guards, and served in the trenches, and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery. He finished the war as a second lieutenant with the Sherwood Forresters. Buchan took up teaching at Cowan Terrace School, near Park Lane in Sunderland, but could not carry on due to his professional career. Went into journalism in 1928 as football and golf correspondent of the Daily News and, on that paper's amalgamation, the News Chronicle. He also did football commentary on BBC Radio. In 1951, became the editor of the newly launched Football Monthly. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.52.

Charlie Buchan - Career Statistics
Squads	Apps	comp. apps	Mins.		goals ave.min	comp. goals	Capt.	Disc.
11+	6	4	540	4	135 min	2	twice	none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

Charlie Buchan - Match History
Club: Sunderland A.F.C. - 6 full appearances F.A. International Select Committee - 6 full capsx
Age 20
-	113	23 March 1912 - Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	AD	reserve
Age 21
1	114	15 February 1913 - Ireland 2 England 1, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AL	Start 10	ir

Age 28
2	121	15 March 1920 - England 1 Wales 2, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury	BC	HL	Start 7	ir
-	122	10 April 1920 - England 5 Scotland 4, Hillsborough, Sheffield		HW	withdrawn reserve
Age 29
-	123	23 October 1920 - England 2 Ireland 0, Roker Park, Sunderland	BC	HW	reserve
3	124	14 March 1921 - Wales 0 England 0, Ninian Park, Cardiff		AD	captain	cf
4	126	21 May 1921 - Belgium 0 England 2, Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles, Bruxelles	Fr	AW	Start 33	cf
Age 31
5	134	10 May 1923 - France 1 England 4, Stade Pershing, Paris	tour	AW	captain 35	ir
-	135	21 May 1923 - Sweden 2 England 4, Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm		AW	reserve
-	136	24 May 1923 - Sweden 1 England 3, Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm		AW
Age 32
6	140	12 April 1924 - England 1 Scotland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HD	Start	cf

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