# Sam Charnley

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{{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](/source/Wishaw), Scotland
| death_date          = 1977
| height               = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 138"/>
| position             = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| currentclub          = 
| youthyears1          = 
| youthclubs1          = 
| years1               = ?–1925
| years2               = 1925–1928
| years3               = 1928–1929
| years4               = 1929
| years5               = 1929–1931
| clubs1               = [Burnbank Athletic](/source/Burnbank_Athletic_F.C.)
| clubs2               = [Wolverhampton Wanderers](/source/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C.)
| clubs3               = [York City](/source/York_City_F.C.)
| clubs4               = [Dartford](/source/Dartford_F.C.)
| clubs5               = [Kettering Town](/source/Kettering_Town_F.C.)
| caps1                = 
| caps2                = 52
| caps3                = 48
| caps4                = 
| caps5                = 
| goals1               = 
| goals2               = 1
| goals3               = 4
| goals4               = 
| goals5               = 
}}
'''Samuel Charnley''' (18 November 1902 – 1977) was a Scottish [footballer](/source/association_football) who played for [Wolverhampton Wanderers](/source/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C.) in [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League).

==Career==
Born in [Craigneuk](/source/Craigneuk), a suburb of [Wishaw](/source/Wishaw), [North Lanarkshire](/source/North_Lanarkshire), Charnley played for [Burnbank Athletic](/source/Burnbank_Athletic_F.C.) before joining [Wolverhampton Wanderers](/source/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C.) of the [Football League Second Division](/source/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](/source/Portsmouth_F.C.).<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](/source/Midland_Football_League_(1889)) team [York City](/source/York_City_F.C.) in August 1928.<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 138"/>

He [captained](/source/captain_(association_football)) York in the [1928–29](/source/1928%E2%80%9329_in_English_football) 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](/source/Dartford_F.C.) in June 1929.<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen 138"/> He joined [Kettering Town](/source/Kettering_Town_F.C.) in September, before returning to [Scottish football](/source/football_in_Scotland) 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](/source/Kent); these included his brother and his wife, who were the parents of boxer [Dave Charnley](/source/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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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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

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