Arthur Clamp

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Arthur Clamp
Clamp while a Notts County player.
Personal information
Full name Arthur Clamp[1]
Date of birth 1 May 1884
Place of birth Sneinton, England[2]
Date of death 19 September 1918(1918-09-19) (aged 34)[3]
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4]
Position Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sneinton
1906–1915 Notts County 275 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur Clamp (1 May 1884 – 19 September 1918) was an English professional footballer who made over 270 appearances in the Football League for Notts County.[1][5] A centre half, "he possessed remarkable stamina and above all, excelled as a breaker-up of combination".[6]

Personal life

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The son of Thomas and Caroline Clamp,[3] Clamp worked as a bricklayer and was married with children.[2] In April 1918, during the final year of the First World War, Clamp was called up to serve as a private in the British Army.[2] After a period with the Sherwood Foresters, he was transferred to the 7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) upon his arrival in France.[3][2] Within three days of his arrival in the trenches, he was seriously wounded at Trônes Wood during the Second Battle of the Somme.[2][6] Clamp was evacuated to Britain, where he died in Stoke-on-Trent Military Hospital on 19 September 1918.[2] He was buried with military honours in Church Cemetery, Nottingham.[3]

His great-grandson Steve Clamp became a journalist and presenter.[7]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Notts County 1914–15[8] First Division 24 0 0 0 24 0
Career total 24 0 0 0 24 0

Honours

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Notts County

References

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