Sid Pugh
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sidney James Pugh | ||
Date of birth | 10 October 1919 | ||
Place of birth | Dartford, England | ||
Date of death | 15 April 1944 | (aged 24)||
Place of death | Seighford, England | ||
Position(s) | Half back | ||
Youth career | |||
Nunhead | |||
Margate | |||
1936–1938 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1938–1944 | Arsenal | 1 | (0) |
1940 | → Bradford City (war guest) | 1 | (0) |
1940 | → Chelsea (war guest) | 1 | (0) |
Total | 3 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sidney James Pugh (10 October 1919 – 15 April 1944) was an English professional footballer who played as a half back.
Career
[edit]Pugh was born in Dartford, and spent his early career with Nunhead and Margate.[1] He joined Arsenal in April 1936 and turned professional two years later,[2] making one appearance for them in the Football League in April 1939.[1] Pugh suffered a kidney injury in that match and never played for Arsenal again.[2] Pugh made one appearance as a wartime guest for Chelsea on 6 April 1940, and another for Bradford City in September 1940.[3] Pugh died while training as a Flying Officer with the Royal Air Force in Seighford on 15 April 1944,[3] and was buried at Llanharan Cemetery, Glamorganshire, Wales.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Encyclopedia of British Football: Sidney Pugh". Spartacus Educational.
- ^ a b "Sid Pugh". Arsenal F.C.
- ^ a b "Sidney Pugh". bantamspast.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008.
- ^ [1] CWGC casualty record.
Categories:
- 1919 births
- 1944 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Nunhead F.C. players
- Margate F.C. players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Bradford City A.F.C. wartime guest players
- Chelsea F.C. wartime guest players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football defenders
- Military personnel from Kent
- Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
- Royal Air Force officers
- Footballers from Dartford
- English football defender, 1910s birth stubs
- Burials in Wales