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Charlie
Wallace |
Aston Villa FC
3
appearances, 1 goal
P 3 W 2 D
0 L 1 F 9: A 10
67% successful
1913-20
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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Gunner
Charles William Wallace |
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Birth |
Tuesday,
20 January 1885 in Deptford, Sunderland, County Durham |
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registered in Sunderland January-March 1885 |
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According to the 1891
census, Charles is the eldest of two sons, the other being Anthony, and a
younger sister, Violet, to William James and Isabella (née Thompson). They live at 23 Picton Street in Bishop Wearmouth. His father is a riveter. |
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According to the 1901
census, Charley W., an apprentice joiner, has three more siblings, now
living at 28 North Hedley Street in the Deptford area of Sunderland with
their parents. His father remains as a riveter.
According to Trade
Union membership registers, Charlie became a paid-up member of the
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners on 5 March 1901. |
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Marriage |
to Edith Helen Wheeler, on
Saturday, 12 June 1909 at Christ Church, Gipsy Hill in
Norwood, London. Charles was
living at 118 Gipsy Hill at the time, Edith at 63 Clive Road. |
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registered in Lambeth April-June 1909 |
Children
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Charlie and Edith Wallace
have one son together. Norman Charles
(b.4 March 1910) and Alan Thomas (b.8 June 1924). |
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At the time of
Norman's baptism, 23 March 1910, they are living at 89 Davey Road, and
Charlie is a professional footballer.
According to the 1911
census, Charles William is a professional footballer, married to Edith
Helen, with one son, Norman. They live at 89
Davey Road in the Handsworth area of Birmingham.
His father died in
Thornley, 3 April 1913.
At the time of his
attestation, 10 December 1915, to the Royal Garrison Artillery, Charles,
stating himself as a professional footballer, is still living at 89 Davey Road. He
is hospitalised in Southern General Hospital in Birmingham between 31 December 1918 and 10 March 1919
(possibly suffering with a hospital bug). He is demobilised eight days
later. |
According to the 1921
census, Charles William, still a professional footballer (for Oldham
Athletic FC), and still married and still living at 89 Davey Road with
their only son.
The
West Midlands Electoral Rolls state that the Williams family lived at 89
Davey Road until at least 1925. |
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His mother died mid-1939.
According to the 1939 register, Charles W., a maintenance worker at Villa
Park, and Edith Helen, are still married, living at 241 Highbridge Road in
Sutton Coldfield, along with their son. |
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Death |
Wednesday, 7 January 1970 in
Birmingham |
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aged 84 years 352 days |
registered in Birmingham January-March 1970 |
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"WALLACE.—Charles William (Charlie), of 241, Highbridge Road,
Sutton Coldfield, on January 7, 1970, in his 85th year. Beloved
husband of Edith, and dear father of Norman and Alan.... |
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Obituary |
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Funeral |
...Service and cremation at Perry Barr Crematorium, 4.0 p.m. on
Wednesday, January 14. Flowers suitable for hospital to A. Hazel
and Sons, 181, High Street, Erdington." |
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Probate |
"WALLACE
Charles William of 214 Highbridge Road Wylde
Green Sutton Coldfield died 7 January 1970 Probate
Birmingham 11 March. Effects £1772."
[2025 equivalent: £24,356] |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played schoolboy
football in Sunderland before joining Southwick FC, from where he joined
the newly formed Crystal Palace FC in 1905.
After 56 Southern League appearances and thirteen goals, he signed for Aston Villa FC in
May 1907. Oldham Athletic FC signed Wallace in May 1921, where he played
until he retired in 1923. |
League honours
361 appearances, 57 goals |
Aston Villa FC 1907-21 314 appearances, 54
goals
debut: 2 September 1907 Aston Villa FC 1 Manchester United FC 4.
Oldham Athletic FC 1921-23 47 appearances, three
goals
debut: 27 August 1921 Oldham Athletic FC 0 Bradford City AFC 0.
last:
6 January 1923 Oldham Athletic FC 0 Manchester City FC 3. |
Club honours |
Southern League winners
1905-06;
Football League Division One
runners-up 1907-08 (27ᵃ 3ᵍ), 1910-11 (38ᵃ 5ᵍ),
1912-13 (31ᵃ 7ᵍ), 1913-14 (32ᵃ 4ᵍ), Champions 1909-10 (38ᵃ 7ᵍ);
FA Charity Shield
runners-up 1910;
FA Cup winners 1912-13
(6ᵃ), 1919-20 (6ᵃ); |
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Individual honours |
Football League (five appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Wallace was the first player to miss an FA Cup Final penalty in 1913. And
the only player to do so until the 1988 Final. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
7" [1915]. 5'
6½" 11st. 4lbs [1916]. 5'
8½", 11st.
12lbs [1919]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of seven who became the 368th
players (371) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right |
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First match |
No. 115, 17 March
1913,
England 4 Wales 3, a British Championship match at Ashton Gate, Ashton Vale, Bedminster, Bristol, aged
28 years
56 days. |
Last match
7 years 35 days |
No.
122, 10 April 1920,
England 5 Scotland 4, a British Championship match at
Hillsborough,
Sheffield, aged 35 years 81 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1912-13, 1913-14, 1919-20; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1912-13; |
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Individual honours |
The South
(three appearances, January 1907-November 1913);
The Stripes
(one appearance, January 1910);
The North (one
appearance, January 1914); |
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Distinctions |
Became
England's oldest player to score a goal in April 1920, overtaking a record
held by Billy Wedlock since 1914, and a record he will hold until Stan
Matthews scores in October 1956 |
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Beyond England |
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Worked as a painter and decorator in
Birmingham. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.258. |
