Arthur Chandler (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Clarence Hillier Chandler | ||
| Date of birth | 27 November 1895 | ||
| Place of birth | Paddington, England | ||
| Date of death | 18 June 1984 (aged 88) | ||
| Place of death | Leicester, England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1920–1923 | Queens Park Rangers | 78 | (16) |
| 1923–1935 | Leicester City | 393 | (259) |
| 1935 | Notts County | 10 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Arthur Clarence Hillier Chandler was a professional footballer in the 1920s and 1930s. He is most famous at Leicester City, where he is the club's all-time record goal scorer, with 273 goals, though he also played for Queens Park Rangers and Notts County.
As well as being Leicester's record goalscorer, Chandler also holds the club records for, scoring the most goals in a single top flight season (34, a record which he achieved twice), scoring the most top flight goals for the club (203), scoring the most hat-tricks or greater (17 and the joint record for the most goals in a single game (6 goals vs Portsmouth on 20 October 1928). Chandler notably held the record of being Leicester's oldest goalscorer (aged 39 years and 34 days) from 1935 through to 2014. Remarkably, despite his goalscoring feats, Chandler never scored a penalty. He took two penalties in his career, both of which were saved.
He was part of the Leicester side which finished in the club's highest ever [at that time] league finishes of First Division runners-up in 1928–29 and in third place in 1927–28.
Chandler was already 27 years old when he was signed by Peter Hodge in the summer 1923 to bolster his attack after Leicester had narrowly missed out on promotion by goal average. He made 118 consecutive appearances (a then club record) from his club debut in a 1–1 draw vs Hull City on the opening day of the 1923–24 season (also debuting that day was fellow future Leicester great Hugh Adcock). He registered his first two goals two days later in a 5–0 victory over Stoke City." Chandler went on to net 27 goals in his debut season for Leicester, despite the club finishing in a disappointing 12th position. Though it was his second season in which Chandler really started to express himself. Forming a lethal goalscoring partnership with Johnny Duncan, the pair scored an incredible 62 league goals between them as Leicester won the Second Division title and Chandler claimed the Second Division Golden Boot, beating team-mate Duncan by 2 goals to the award.
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