Charlie Mitten
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 January 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Rangoon, Burma | ||
| Date of death | 2 January 2002 (aged 80) | ||
| Playing position | Outside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1950 | Manchester United | 142 | (50) |
| 1950–1951 | Independiente Santa Fe | 24 | (8) |
| 1951–1955 | Fulham | 154 | (33) |
| 1955–1958 | Mansfield Town | 100 | (25) |
| Total | 396 | (121) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1955–1958 | Mansfield Town | ||
| 1958–1961 | Newcastle United | ||
| 1962–1963 | Altrincham | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Charles "Charlie" Mitten (17 January 1921 – 2 January 2002) was an English football player and manager who came through the junior ranks at Manchester United. Over his career, Mitten played for Fulham, Mansfield Town and Altrincham in England, and for Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia, where he had a notable stint, and where he and a number of other players left to escape the maximum wage that was imposed for footballers in England at the time. After his playing career finished, he was involved in football management.
Mitten signed with Manchester United in 1936, and was in the junior side with future colleagues Stan Pearson and Johnny Carey. However, due to the suspension of league football owing to the outbreak of war, his first professional appearance did not come until 1946.
During the war, Mitten served in the Royal Air Force, guesting for whatever club was nearest his station. He had two seasons playing for Chelsea and made 22 guest appearances for Southampton, scoring five goals.
After the war, Mitten rejoined Manchester United and proved himself as an excellent winger during the early years of Matt Busby's time at the club. He was part of a talented forward line alongside Jimmy Delaney, Stan Pearson, Jack Rowley and Johnny Morris, which became known as the 'Famous Five' of Old Trafford.
In his four years at United, he helped the club finish as runners-up in the league three times and in fourth place once. He also played in the 4–2 win over Blackpool in the 1948 FA Cup Final. Over the course of his United career, he made 152 appearances in total, scoring 61 goals.
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