Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arthur Shaw | ||
Date of birth | 9 April 1924 | ||
Place of birth | Limehouse, England | ||
Date of death | 2 November 2015 | (aged 91)||
Place of death | Hermosa Beach, United States | ||
Playing position | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Whitton Rovers | |||
1941 | Hounslow Town | ||
1941–1942 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
1945 | Southall | ||
1945–1946 | Hayes | 19 | (4) |
→ Hounslow Town (guest) | |||
1946–1948 | Brentford | 4 | (0) |
1948–1955 | Arsenal | 57 | (0) |
1955–1956 | Watford | 3 | (0) |
1956–1959 | Gravesend & Northfleet | ||
Total | 83 | (4) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Arthur Shaw (9 April 1924 – 2 November 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.
Born in Limehouse, Shaw played in the Football League for Brentford, Arsenal and Watford, making a total of 64 league appearances. Shaw also played non-league football for Southall, Hayes, Gravesend & Northfleet and represented the England national amateur football team. Arsenal won the old First Division in 1952–53 and he made 25 league appearances, enough for a winners' medal.