Matthew Armstrong (English footballer)
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Date of birth
26 January 1919[1]
Place of birth
High Spen,[2] County Durham, England
Date of death
12 July 1941 (aged 22)[3]
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 January 1919[1] | ||
| Place of birth | High Spen,[2] County Durham, England | ||
| Date of death | 12 July 1941 (aged 22)[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1936–1939 | Darlington | 38 | (2) |
| 1939–19?? | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Matthew Armstrong (26 January 1919 – 12 July 1941) was an English footballer who made 38 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half for Darlington in the 1930s.[2] He joined Aston Villa in 1939 – a preview in the Daily Express highlighted him as one of "two young defenders who look as if they have that certain Soccer something"[5] – but he never played for Villa's first team before the league was abandoned for the duration of the Second World War.[2][6]
Armstrong was killed during the Second World War while serving as a private in 149 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. He was 22, and is commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial.[3]
