Charlie Vaughan (footballer)
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Full name
Charles John Vaughan[1]
Date of birth
23 April 1921[1]
Place of birth
Bermondsey,[1] England
Date of death
16 March 1989 (aged 67)[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles John Vaughan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1921[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bermondsey,[1] England | ||
| Date of death | 16 March 1989 (aged 67)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Sutton, London,[1] England | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1941–1946 | Sutton United | 147 | (248) |
| 1946–1953 | Charlton Athletic | 227 | (91) |
| 1953–1954 | Portsmouth | 26 | (14) |
| 1954–19?? | Bexleyheath & Welling | ||
| International career | |||
| 1952 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Charles John Vaughan (23 April 1921 – 16 March 1989) was an English footballer who played for Charlton Athletic and Portsmouth as a centre forward during the 1940s and 1950s.[2]
Vaughan started his career with Sutton United. He helped them win numerous wartime honours, scored 42 league goals in the 1945–46 season to win the Athenian League,[3] and finished his Sutton United career with 248 goals in 147 competitive appearances.[4] He was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.[5]
In 1950, Vaughan toured Canada with a Football Association party,[6] and in March 1952, he appeared in an England B international against the Netherlands.[7]
