Arthur Clamp
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Arthur Clamp
| image = ArthurClamp.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| birth_date = 1 May 1884
| birth_place = Sneinton, England
| death_date = {{death date and age |1918|9|19|1884|5|1|df=y}}
| death_place = Stoke-on-Trent, England
| position = Centre half
| youthyears1 =
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| clubs1 = Sneinton
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| years2 = 1906–1915
| clubs2 = Notts County
| caps2 = 275
| goals2 = 3
| caption = Clamp while a Notts County player.
}}
Arthur Clamp (1 May 1884 – 19 September 1918) was an English professional footballer who made over 270 appearances in the Football League for Notts County.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=58}}{{Cite web |title=100 Years On – A Look At A Notts County Player's Involvement In The Great War |url=http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/100-years-on-a-look-at-a-notts-county-players-involvement-in-the-great-war-1803803.aspx |access-date=4 October 2016 |website=www.nottscountyfc.co.uk}} A centre half, "he possessed remarkable stamina and above all, excelled as a breaker-up of combination".{{Cite web |last=Lockley |first=Mike |date=29 March 2018 |title=The brave Midland football stars who fought and died in WWI |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/brave-midland-football-stars-who-14449202 |access-date=4 March 2019 |website=birminghammail}}
Personal life
The son of Thomas and Caroline Clamp,{{CWGC|accessdate=4 October 2016|id=2750260}} Clamp worked as a bricklayer and was married with children.{{Cite web |title=Arthur Clamp |url=https://secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/RollOfHonour/People/Details/8633 |access-date=4 October 2016 |website=www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk}} His great-grandson Steve Clamp became a journalist and presenter.{{Cite web |date=4 August 2014 |title=The life of Notts County's Arthur Clamp killed in WW1 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/central/2014-08-04/the-life-of-notts-countys-arthur-clamp-killed-in-ww1 |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=ITV News |language=en}} In April 1918, during the final year of the First World War, Clamp was called up to serve as a private in the British Army. After a period with the Sherwood Foresters, he was transferred to the 7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) upon his arrival in France. Within three days of his arrival in the trenches, he was seriously wounded at Trônes Wood during the Second Battle of the Somme. Clamp was evacuated to Britain, where he died in Stoke-on-Trent Military Hospital on 19 September 1918. He was buried with military honours in Church Cemetery, Nottingham.
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |FA Cup ! colspan="2" |Total |
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |
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| Notts County
|1914–15{{Cite news |title=Notts County Squad 1914/15 |language=en-US |work=Football and the First World War |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/notts-county-squad-1915/ |access-date=25 November 2017}} |24 |0 |0 |0 |24 |0 |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!24 !0 !0 !0 !24 !0 |
Honours
References
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football wing halves
Category:English Football League players
Category:Carlton Town F.C. players
Category:Notts County F.C. players
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Sherwood Foresters soldiers
Category:Queen's Royal Regiment soldiers
Category:British military personnel killed in World War I
Category:20th-century English businesspeople
Category:Footballers from Nottingham
Category:Military personnel from Nottinghamshire
Category:Burials in Nottinghamshire
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