Arthur Rigby
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Rigby | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1900 | ||
| Place of birth | Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England | ||
| Date of death | March 1960 (aged 59) | ||
| Place of death | Crewe, England | ||
| Playing position | Inside left or Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Crewe Alexandra | |||
| 1921–1925 | Bradford City | 121 | (21) |
| 1925–1929 | Blackburn Rovers | 156 | (42) |
| 1929–1932 | Everton | ||
| 1932–1933 | Middlesbrough | ||
| 1933–1935 | Clapton Orient | ||
| 1935–1937 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| Total | 467 | (108) | |
| National team | |||
| 1927 | England | 5 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Arthur Rigby (born 7 June 1900 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England; died March 1960 in Crewe, England) was an English professional footballer who played as inside left or outside left. He won an FA Cup winners medal with Blackburn Rovers and five caps for England.
Arthur Rigby was an electrician by trade who initially started his football career as a goalkeeper until after a trial with , signed as a winger for Crewe Alexandra after the First World War. In March 1921 he signed for Bradford City for £1,200 when City director Allan Welch took time away from business in Crewe to take him from non-league football to Division One. He played 13 games, scoring one goal, in his first season at City, before the club was relegated in his first full season.
He scored five goals in the club's first season in Division Two during the 1922–23 season finishing as the club's joint top goal-scorer. He remained at City for another two seasons, finishing with 21 goals from 121 league appearances, before he returned to the top flight when Blackburn Rovers paid £2,500 for his services.
His form at Ewood Park was rewarded with an international call-up for the England team and an FA Cup winners medal in 1928 when Rovers defeated Huddersfield Town 3–1. After 156 league appearances and 42 goals, he left Rovers to sign for Everton in November 1929.
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