{{short description|Austrian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use British English|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Charles Stanfield |image = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = 13 December 1884 |birth_place = Sheffield, England |death_date = {{death year and age|1941|1884}} |death_place = Cambridge, England |nationalteam1 = Austria |nationalyears1 = 1904–1905 |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 4 }}
'''Charles Stanfield''' (13 December 1884 – 1941) was a British athlete and footballer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe112879/charles-stanfield/ |title=Charles Stansfield |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref> He played in two matches for the Austria national football team from 1904 to 1905, scoring four goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/46189/Charles_Stansfield.html |title=Charles Stansfield |work=National Football Teams |access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref>
== Biography == Stanfield was primarily an athlete and competed for the Herne Hill Harriers. In 1904, he took a up a work appointment in Vienna, Austria, and while there he broke the Austrian 100 yards record.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19041022/083/0006 |title=Sporting Notes |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=22 October 1904 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref>
He was also an excellent footballer and played for Nunhead FC, Bury F.C. and Civil Service FC. While in Austria he played for Vienna FC and was capped twice for the Austria national football team. His brothers Ernest and Harry both played for Nunhead FC.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004272/19041126/028/0003 |title=Football |work=South London Mail |date=26 November 1904 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19100124/108/0007 |title=In the Field |work=Daily Record |date=24 January 1910 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref>
On his return from Austria he continued to race<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000213/19050916/143/0007 |title=Rich in Halves |work=South London Press |date=16 September 1905 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref> and would later finish second behind Edwin Montague in the 440 yards event at the 1907 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19070708/006/0006 |title=Champion athletes |work=Daily Record |date=8 July 1907 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19070708/020/0002 |title=AAA Championships |work=Sporting Life |date=8 July 1907 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref>
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