Charlie Freeman

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Charlie Freeman

| fullname = Charles Redfearn Freeman{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-905891-61-0 |edition=Third edition, with revisions |location=Toton, Nottingham |page=104 |oclc=841581272}}

| image =

| birth_date = 22 August 1887

| birth_place = Overseal, Derbyshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|3|17|1887|8|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Fulham, London, England

| height =

| position = Inside forward

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1906

| years2 = 1906–1907

| years3 = 1907

| years4 = 1907–1908

| years5 = 1908–1921

| years6 = 1921–1923

| years7 =

| clubs1 = Overseal Swifts

| clubs2 = Burton United

| clubs3 = Overseal Swifts

| clubs4 = Fulham

| clubs5 = Chelsea

| clubs6 = Gillingham

| clubs7 = Maidstone United

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| caps2 = 31

| goals2 = 3

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| caps5 = 95

| goals5 = 21

| caps6 = 82

| goals6 = 21

| caps7 =

| goals7 =

}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| image =

| height =

| nickname =

| batting = Right-handed

| club1 = Derbyshire

| year1 = 1911

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 1 July

| debutyear1 = 1911

| debutfor1 = Derbyshire

| debutagainst1 = Northamptonshire

| onetype1 = true

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 7

| bat avg1 = 3.50

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 4

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1= 1/–

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/charles-freeman-13199 CricInfo

}}

Charles Redfearn Freeman (22 August 1887 – 17 March 1956) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Chelsea, Gillingham and Burton United as an inside forward.{{Cite book |last=Triggs |first=Roger |title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club |publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd |year=2001 |isbn=0-7524-2243-X |page=18}}{{Cite web |title=Freeman Charlie Gillingham 1922 |url=https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/freeman-charlie-image-1-gillingham-1922/ |website=Vintage Footballers |language=en-GB |access-date=3 May 2020}} After his retirement, he served Chelsea as trainer and groundsman.{{Cite book |last1=Churchill |first1=Alexandra |title=Over Land and Sea: Chelsea FC in the Great War |last2=Holmes |first2=Andrew |date=15 July 2015 |publisher=The History Press |isbn=9780750965422 |language=en}} Freeman was also a cricketer and played one first-class cricket match for Derbyshire in July 1911.{{Cite web |title=Player Profile: Charles Freeman |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29539/29539.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 December 2012 |publisher=CricketArchive}}

Personal life

Freeman served as a corporal in the Royal Air Force during the First World War and worked at the Royal Aircraft Factory.{{Cite web |title=Charlie Freeman |url=https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/charlie-freeman/ |website=Football and the First World War |language=en-US |access-date=3 May 2020}}

Career statistics

Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
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
Burton United \|1906–07 \|Second Division \|31 \|3 \|3 \|0 \|34 \|3
rowspan="9" \|Chelsea \|1908–09 \| rowspan="2" \|First Division \|5 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|5 \|0
1909–10 \|9 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|9 \|2
1910–11 \| rowspan="2" \|Second Division \|18 \|2 \|5 \|1 \|23 \|3
1911–12 \|15 \|7 \|0 \|0 \|15 \|7
1912–13 \| rowspan="4" \|First Division \|11 \|3 \|0 \|0 \|11 \|3
1913–14 \|21 \|5 \|1 \|0 \|22 \|5
1914–15 \|15 \|2 \|1 \|0 \|16 \|2
1919–20 \|2 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|3 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !96 !21 !8 !1 !104 !22
rowspan="3" \|Gillingham \|1921–22 \| rowspan="2" \|Third Division South \|40 \|11 \|4 \|3 \|44 \|14
1922–23 \|42 \|10 \|2 \| \|44 \|10
colspan="2" \|Total !82 !21 !6 !3 !88 !24
colspan="3" \|Career total !208 !45 !19 !4 !227 !49