Ted Catlin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Edward Catlin | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | South Bank, Middlesbrough, England | ||
| Date of death | 28 November 1990 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Sheffield, England | ||
| Playing position | Left Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| South Bank F.C. | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1931–1939 | Sheffield Wednesday | 209 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1936–1937 | England | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC). |
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Arthur Edward "Ted" Catlin (11 January 1910 – 28 November 1990) was a footballer who played his entire professional career for Sheffield Wednesday. He was a strong tackling left back who made 230 appearances (including cup games) for Wednesday between 1931 and 1939. He also played for the England national football team on five occasions. Catlin never scored a goal in an official match in his 8 1⁄2-year career at Hillsborough although he did score in the wartime league game against Notts County in 1944 which Wednesday won 6–1.
Catlin was born in South Bank, a north eastern suburb of Middlesbrough and played youth football with Middlesbrough Schools and his local junior club South Bank F.C. before signing for Sheffield Wednesday. He made his debut for the Owls on 28 March 1931 in a 4–0 win over Leicester City, but that was his only appearance that season and it was some time before Catlin became a regular in the side being kept out by England international left back Ernie Blenkinsop. He played 16 games in the 1933–34 season then became Wednesday's regular left back when Blenkinsop was surprisingly transferred to Liverpool in April 1934. Many Wednesday supporters were angered by the sale of Blenkinsop, however Catlin proved to be a more than adequate replacement.
In the 1934–35 season Catlin played in all six FA Cup ties as Wednesday lifted the cup and also finished third in the league. He was also a member of the Wednesday side which won the Charity Shield at the start of the following season. Catlin's good form led to five England caps in the 1936–37 season, starting against Wales on 17 October 1936 followed by matches against Northern Ireland, Hungary, Norway and finally Sweden on 17 May 1937. During that time he also played for the Football League representative side in 1936 and in an international trial for the Probables against the Possibles on 17 March 1937 at Burnley; fellow Wednesday player Jackie Robinson was playing for the Possibles.
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