{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use British English|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Sam Charnley | image = | caption = | fullname = Samuel Charnley<ref name="Joyce 52">{{cite book | last = Joyce | first = Michael | title = Football League Players' Records 1888 - 1939 | publisher = Tony Brown | year = 2004 | page = 52 | isbn = 1-899468-67-6 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|11|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Wishaw, Scotland | death_date = 1977 | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 138"/> | position = Defender | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = ?–1925 | years2 = 1925–1928 | years3 = 1928–1929 | years4 = 1929 | years5 = 1929–1931 | clubs1 = Burnbank Athletic | clubs2 = Wolverhampton Wanderers | clubs3 = York City | clubs4 = Dartford | clubs5 = Kettering Town | caps1 = | caps2 = 52 | caps3 = 48 | caps4 = | caps5 = | goals1 = | goals2 = 1 | goals3 = 4 | goals4 = | goals5 = }} '''Samuel Charnley''' (18 November 1902 – 1977) was a Scottish footballer who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Football League.
==Career== Born in Craigneuk, a suburb of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Charnley played for Burnbank Athletic before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers of the Football League Second Division in January 1925.<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 138">{{cite book | last = Jarred | first = Martin | last2 = Windross | first2 = Dave | title = Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922-1997 | publisher = Citizen Publications | year = 1997 | page = 138 | isbn = 0-9531005-0-2 }}</ref> He made his debut on 12 September 1925 in a 4–1 win against Portsmouth.<ref name="wolves complete record">{{cite book |author=Matthews, Tony |title=Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record |year=2008 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |isbn=978-1-85983-632-3}}</ref> After making 55 appearances in total, scoring once, he joined Midland League team York City in August 1928.<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 138"/>
He captained York in the 1928–29 season, which was to be their last in the Midland League before being elected to the Football League.<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 138"/> He left after making 55 appearances and scoring five goals to join Dartford in June 1929.<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 138"/> He joined Kettering Town in September, before returning to Scottish football in May 1931.<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 138"/>
==Personal life== When Charnley joined Dartford, he secured jobs locally for family members who also moved to Kent; these included his brother and his wife, who were the parents of boxer Dave Charnley, born in the town in 1935. Sam later ran a pub in Dartford.<ref>{{cite web |title=Family and friends bid farewell to Dartford Destroyer Dave Charnley |url=https://www.gravesendreporter.co.uk/news/family-and-friends-bid-farewell-to-dartford-destroyer-dave-charnley-1-1238457 |work=Gravesend Reporter |date=15 March 2012 |accessdate=1 April 2019 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401113825/https://www.gravesendreporter.co.uk/news/family-and-friends-bid-farewell-to-dartford-destroyer-dave-charnley-1-1238457 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Charnley, Sam}} Category:1902 births Category:Footballers from Wishaw Category:1977 deaths Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Category:York City F.C. players Category:Dartford F.C. players Category:Kettering Town F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Midland Football League players Category:Burnbank Athletic F.C. players Category:Scottish Junior Football Association players Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen