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Charlie Buchan

Sunderland AFC

 6 caps, 4 goals

P 6 W 2 D 2 L 2 F x: A x
50% successful
1913-24

disciplined: none
captaincies: twice
minutes played: 540

Profile
Full name Charles Murray Buchan
Born 22 September 1891 in Plumstead, London [registered in Woolwich, December 1891].

Census Notes

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 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.
Married to Ellen Robson [registered in Sunderland, Durham, March 1914].
Died 25 June 1960 in Monte Carlo, Monaco, aged 68 years x days [not registered in England].
Height/Weight 6' 1", 12st. 1lbs [1921].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com
Biographies A Lifetime in Football - Charlie Buchan (Phoenix House, 1955)
 

x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career
Club(s) x
Club honours x
Individual honours x
Distinctions Buchan co-founded the Football Writers Association in 1947.

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career
Player number xth player to appear for England.
Position(s) x
First match No. x, aged x years x days.
Last match No. x, aged x years x days.
Major tournaments x
Team honours x
Individual honours x
Distinctions After the game on 15 February 1913 against Ireland, Buchan got involved in a argument with a member of the F.A. Selection 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.

Beyond England
x.  - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.

 

Name - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps		 Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals Goals Av.min Comp.
Goals		 Capt. Disc.
- - - - - - - - - min - - None
Due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries, errors and substitutions.  The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.

 

Name - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Name - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
White - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Blue - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Name - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
WCF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
World Cup - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ECP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
ECF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
European Championship - - - - - - - - - - - - -
British Championship - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Friendly - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Name - Match Record - Tournament Matches
All Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
x - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Name - Match History
 Club:   F.C. - x full caps

Coach: x - x full capsx

Age x
1 - x - x, x x x x x

Notes

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