Arthur Chadwick
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Chadwick | ||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1875 | ||
| Place of birth | Church, Lancashire, England | ||
| Date of death | 21 March 1936 (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Exeter, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre-half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Church F.C. | |||
| Accrington | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1895–1897 | Burton Swifts | 55 | (7) |
| 1897–1901 | Southampton | 81 | (6) |
| 1901–1904 | Portsmouth | 70 | (12) |
| 1904–1906 | Northampton Town | ||
| 1906–1908 | Accrington Stanley | ||
| 1908–1910 | Exeter City | ||
| National team | |||
| 1900 | England | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1908–1922 | Exeter City | ||
| 1923–1925 | Reading | ||
| 1925–1931 | Southampton | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Arthur Chadwick (July 1875 – 21 March 1936) was a professional footballer whose playing career (as a centre-half) included spells at Portsmouth and Southampton, before going on to be manager at Exeter City, Reading and Southampton. He also made two appearances for England in 1900.
He was born in Church, Lancashire and started his career playing in his native county for Accrington and Burton Swifts. When he signed for Southampton in May 1897, little was known about him. He travelled to Southampton for a trial accompanied by Bob Brown of Burton Wanderers.
He initially played at right-half, but was not a great success until he was converted to a centre-half in which position his career took off. Described in Holley & Chalk's The Alphabet of the Saints as "a powerful and efficient defender, Arthur reached his peak at the turn of the century". He helped Saints to win the Southern League title in 1897–98 and again in 1898–99 and to the FA Cup final in 1900, defeating three top flight clubs along the way, by when he had been rewarded with two England caps, against Scotland and Wales. Southampton again won the Southern League title in 1900–01 before Chadwick decided to move on.
In January 1899, in a match at Sheppey United, Chadwick became the first Saints player to be sent off in a League match.
In his four seasons with Southampton, he made a total of 96 appearances, scoring six goals.
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