{{Short description|English footballer (1896–1942)}} {{use British English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Arthur Dorrell | image = | caption = | fullname = Arthur Reginald Dorrell<ref name="kent"/> | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|03|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Small Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England<ref name="kent"/> | death_date = {{death date and age|1942|09|13|1896|03|30|df=y}}<ref name="kent"/> | death_place = Alum Rock, Birmingham, England<ref name="kent"/> | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6+1/2}}<ref>{{cite news |title=First Division prospects. Aston Villa |author=Brum |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=22 August 1921 |page=5}}</ref> | position = Left winger | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Carey Hall | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = R.A.S.C. | years1 = 1919–1931| clubs1 = Aston Villa| caps1 = 355| goals1 = 60 | years2 = 1931–1932| clubs2 = Port Vale| caps2 = 34| goals2 = 4 | totalcaps = 389| totalgoals = 64 | nationalyears1 = 1924–1925| nationalteam1 = England| nationalcaps1 = 4| nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = | nationalteam2 = The Football League | nationalcaps2 = 2| nationalgoals2 = 0 }}
'''Arthur Reginald Dorrell''' (30 March 1896 – 13 September 1942) was an English international footballer who played on the left-wing. He was the son of former Villa player William Dorrell. He played for Aston Villa between 1919 and 1931, scoring 65 goals in 390 appearances and winning four England caps. He played in both the 1920 and 1924 FA Cup finals, the first of which Villa won. He then retired after a season with Port Vale.
==Early and personal life== Arthur Reginald Dorrell was born on 30 March 1896 in Small Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire.<ref name="efo">{{cite web |title=England Players – Arthur Dorrell |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersD/BioDorrellAR.html |website=englandfootballonline.com |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref> He was the third of four children to William and Clara; his father was a professional footballer, as well as a licensed victualler and turner.<ref name="efo"/> His father married a further two times, having a child with each woman.<ref name="efo"/> Dorrell enlisted as an engineers fitter in the Army on 24 October 1914, serving throughout World War I until being demobbed on 20 May 1919.<ref name="efo"/> Dorrell married Sarah Jane Clewlow in 1922, and the couple had a daughter, Marjorie.<ref name="efo"/> Dorrell died on 13 September 1942 at The Pelham Arms in Alum Rock, Birmingham, and his funeral was held three days later at Erdington Parish Church; the pallbearers were Frank Moss, Joe Bradford, Billy Kirton, Dicky York, George Blackburn and Eric Houghton.<ref name="efo"/>
==Club career== ===Aston Villa=== Dorrell played for Carey Hall and R.A.S.C. before joining Aston Villa in May 1919.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com>{{cite web|title=profile|url=http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/389.html|work=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> He made 19 appearances in the 1919–20 season, as Villa posted a ninth-place finish in the First Division.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/> He also played in the 1920 FA Cup final, as Villa claimed the FA Cup for the sixth time with a 1–0 win over Huddersfield Town at Stamford Bridge. He featured 39 times in 1920–21, as Villa finished tenth in the league.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/> He bagged six goals in 48 appearances in 1921–22, helping Villa to fifth in the league.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/> Dorrell scored seven goals in 42 games in 1922–23, as Villa slipped a place to sixth.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/> They finished sixth again in 1923–24, with Dorrell scoring five goals in 45 games.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/> He also played in the 1924 FA Cup final at Wembley, which ended in a 2–0 defeat to Newcastle United.
The club slipped to 15th place in 1924–25 despite Dorrell scoring eight goals in 45 appearances.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/> He hit five goals in 42 games in 1925–26, as Villa rose back to sixth.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/> He travelled to Sweden with Villa on their first foreign tour in May.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aston Villa Friendlies, Fours & Testimonials |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780956984876/page/n7/mode/2up?q=johnstone |access-date=24 February 2026 |publisher=Yore Publications |date=2012 |language=English}}</ref> Örgryte celebrated a major success when beating Aston Villa 5–2. Villa were defeated by Gothenburg-combined (''Kombinerol Gotesburgslag''). Villa won 11 - 2 over the select Oslo-combined ''Lyn og Frig'' including FK Lyn & Frigg Oslo players. Len Capewell scored four, Billy Walker a hat-trick, and Dorrell a brace.<ref>https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780956984876/page/24/mode/2up?q=johnstone</ref>
Villa finished tenth in 1926–27, with Dorrell scoring eight goals in 39 games.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/> He then hit nine goals in 39 games in 1927–28, as the "Villans" rose two places to eighth.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/> They then finished third in 1928–29, with Dorrell hitting nine goals in 29 appearances.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/> However, he featured just three times in 1929–30, as Villa finished in fourth spot.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/> He played no part at all in the 1930–31 campaign, as the club finished as runners-up to Arsenal.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/> He made a total of 390 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring 65 goals.<ref name=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/>
===Port Vale=== He signed with Port Vale in June 1931, along with long-time Villa teammate Richard York.<ref name="kent">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=87|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0|id= {{ASIN|0952915200|country=ca}}}}</ref> He scored five goals in 34 Second Division games in the 1931–32 campaign, helping the "Valiants" to narrowly avoid relegation.<ref name="kent"/> Now aged 36, he decided to retire from football in May 1932.<ref name="kent"/> Upon his retirement as a player, he returned to Aston Villa as a coach.
==International career== Dorrell made his England debut on 8 December 1924, in a 4–0 win over Belgium at The Hawthorns.<ref name=Englandstats.com>{{Englandstats|ref=y|access-date=16 July 2012}}</ref> His second cap came against Wales on 28 February 1925, in a 2–1 win at Vetch Field, as part of the 1925 British Home Championship.<ref name=Englandstats.com/> On 21 May 1925, he scored in a 3–2 win over France in a friendly at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir.<ref>{{cite web|title=Devenez fan de l'Equipe de France|url=http://www.fff.fr/servfff/fiche_joueur_new/match.php?id_match=605|work=fff.fr|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> His fourth and final cap came on 24 October 1925, in a goalless draw with Ireland at Windsor Park in the 1926 British Home Championship.<ref name=Englandstats.com/>
==Statistics==
===Club statistics===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref> |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="13"|Aston Villa |1919–20 |First Division |18||4||1||0||19||4 |- |1920–21 |First Division |34||4||5||0||39||4 |- |1922–23 |First Division |42||6||6||0||48||6 |- |1922–23 |First Division |41||7||1||0||42||7 |- |1923–24 |First Division |39||4||6||1||45||5 |- |1924–25 |First Division |41||8||4||0||45||8 |- |1925–26 |First Division |38||5||4||0||42||5 |- |1926–27 |First Division |38||7||1||1||39||8 |- |1927–28 |First Division |36||9||3||0||39||9 |- |1928–29 |First Division |25||6||4||3||29||9 |- |1929–30 |First Division |3||0||0||0||3||0 |- |1930–31 |First Division |0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !355!!60!!35!!5!!390!!65 |- |Port Vale |1931–32 |Second Division |34||4||2||0||36||4 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !389!!64!!37!!5!!426!!69 |}
===International statistics=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 | England national team<ref>{{NFT player|id=38469|accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref> |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |1924||1||0 |- |1925||3||1 |- !Total||4||1 |}
==Honours== '''Aston Villa''' *FA Cup: 1920; runner-up: 1924<ref name="efo"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
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