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Charles Wreford-Brown (9 October 1866 – 26 November 1951) was an English sportsman. He captained the England national football team and was a county cricketer during the Victorian age, and later acted as a sports legislator during the 20th century.
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Charles Wreford-Brown was born in Bristol on 9th October 1866. He was educated at Charterhouse School and at this time public schools were pioneering the game of football. He was a talented sportsman and played football and cricket for Oxford University.
Nov 28, 2019 · Former England football captain Charles Wreford-Brown is the man credited with coining the word ‘soccer’. A centre-half for Corinthian FC – now the Corinthian-Casuals, who play at Tolworth – he lived at 1 Walpole Road, Surbiton, an imposing pile on the corner with Upper Brighton Road.
At the 1920 Antwerpen Olympics, Wreford-Brown was one of the British officials for the football competition and was a linesman in the Belgium – Netherlands semi-final and also the final between Belgium and Czechoslovakia. Wreford-Brown was also one of Britain’s best amateur chess players.
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"Mr. Charles Wreford-Brown, a 70-year-old solicitor, and at one time a famous Corinthian, who played Soccer for England four times, was married on Saturday at Chelsea Register Office to Miss Agnes Enid Lascelles Pope, aged 38, of Pelham Court, Chelsea.
Charlie Wreford-Brown. Old Carthusians AFC & Corinthians FC. two or three captaincies, no goals. P 3 W 2 D 1 L 0 F 9: A 3. 83% successful. 1894-98. full appearances: four. minutes as captain: 270. Timeline.
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