Ken Armstrong (footballer born 1924)
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Armstrong in a Chelsea team photo, November 1947
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Armstrong | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 13 June 1984 (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | New Zealand | ||
| Playing position | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1957 | Chelsea | 362 | (25) |
| 1957–1958 | Eastern Union | ||
| 1959–1964 | North Shore United | ||
| 1965–1966 | Eastern Suburbs | ||
| 1967–1970 | North Shore United | ||
| 1970–1971 | Mount Wellington | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1955 | England | 1 | (0) |
| 1958–1962 | New Zealand | 9 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| Mount Wellington | |||
| 1958–1964 | New Zealand | ||
| 1980 | New Zealand women | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kenneth Armstrong (3 June 1924 – 13 June 1984) was an English association football player who represented both England and New Zealand at national level.
Born in Bradford, Armstrong served in the RAF during the Second World War. He was a versatile, tough-tackling and energetic midfielder who played mainly for Chelsea, joining the club from Bradford Rovers in 1946 for a fee of 100 guineas. Armstrong was a key member of Ted Drake's 1954–55 Championship-winning Chelsea side, making 39 appearances that season. He played in over 400 games (including a then-club record 362 league games) for the West London club and scored 30 goals.
After leaving Chelsea in 1957 Armstrong emigrated to Gisborne, New Zealand and continued to play football there for several local clubs, including Eastern Suburbs and North Shore United, and won four Chatham Cups. He then took over as manager at Mount Wellington, winning two league titles (in 1972 and 1974) and another Chatham Cup, in 1973. He played his last game in 1971, aged almost 47. Armstrong was later appointed chief coach of the national side.
Armstrong was a member of England's 1954 World Cup squad but did not travel to Switzerland, remaining in England as one of five players on reserve status. He won a solitary England cap, against Scotland at Wembley in England's famous 7–2 win in the British Home Championship in April 1955.
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