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English footballer

Percy Champion
Personal information
Full name Percy Arthur Gordon Champion
Date of birth March 1887
Place of birth Lewes, England
Date of death 1957 (aged 69–70)
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Woking
1912–1913 Fulham 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Percy Arthur Gordon Champion (March 1887 – 1957) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Fulham.

Personal life

Champion served for 12 years in the East Lancashire Regiment prior to the First World War. Two years after the outbreak of the war, he re-enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps in July 1916. He saw action in Salonika and was promoted to sergeant in August 1917. At the time malaria and gastritis led to Champion's discharge from the army in November 1919, he was holding the rank of company sergeant major.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 1912–13 Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
1913–14 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career Total 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 55. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. "Percy Arthur Gordon Champion | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Fulham Players and the First World War". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Percy Champion". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

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