Arthur Gimblett

{{short description|Welsh footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Arthur Gimblett

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| fullname = Arthur John Gimblett

| birth_date = 1889

| birth_place = Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1957|1889}}

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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}

| position = Winger

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1911–1913| clubs1 = Merthyr Town| caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1913–1914| clubs2 = Grimsby Town| caps2 = 4| goals2 = 0

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Arthur John Gimblett (1889–1957) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a winger.{{cite book|last1=Lamming|first1=Douglas|title=A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985|date=1985|publisher=Hutton|location=Beverley|isbn=0-907033-34-2|page=42}}

Born on 6 February 1889 in Merthyr, he played for Morriston, Swansea (1911), Bolton Wanderers (Oct '11), Merthyr Town & Grimsby Town.

During the Great War, he joined the [https://1st-welsh-hwtzrs.co.uk/home/the-men/personal-page?smid=3241 1st Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade], Royal Field Artillery at Swansea as a Gunner on 17 March 1915, giving his occupation as Medical Student. After fighting on the Somme, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1917 and seriously wounded in 1918.