Charles Wallace (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles William Wallace Midgley | ||
Date of birth | 20 January 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Lewisham, London, England | ||
Date of death | 13 December 1942 | (aged 57)||
Place of death | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1905–1906 | FC Internacional | ||
1906–1907 | FC Català | ||
1907–1911 | FC Barcelona | 25 | (29) |
1911–1912 | RCD Espanyol | ||
1912–1913 | Casual SC | ||
1913–1915 | FC Barcelona | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Charles William Wallace Midgley (20 January 1885 – 13 December 1942) was an English
Club career
Born in London, his family moved to Barcelona when he was still a child. He began his career in 1905 at FC Internacional, featuring alongside the likes of Enrique Peris and Paco Bru. He helped the club achieve a runner-up finish in the 1905–06 Catalan championship, losing the title to X Sporting Club.[2] In 1906, the club had to suspend its activities due to a lack of players, and while most of the remaining players joined FC Barcelona, Wallace instead went to FC Català,[3] but eventually also joined Barça in 1907. In 1908, he played one game for Madrid CF on loan from Barcelona,[4] a common practice at the time, when it was allowed to call up players from other teams. After that match, he continued to play for Barcelona.[5]
Wallace was an integral piece of Barcelona's first great team in the early 1910s, which had the likes of
In October 1911, President of Barcelona
Honours
Club
- Catalan championship:
- Champions (3): 1908–09, 1909–10 and 1910–11
- Pyrenees Cup:
- Champions (2): 1910 and 1911
- Copa del Rey:
- Champions (1): 1910
- Catalan championship:
- Champions (1): 1911–12
References
- ^ "Charles Wallace, Charles Malcolm Wallace Midgley - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Spain - Final Tables Catalonia". RSSSF. 20 May 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Wallace ingressen a l'Català" [Wallace joins Català]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com. Hemeroteca. 12 July 1906. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ Fernando Sánchez Postigo (2005). "Fuentes documentales deportivas aplicadas a la historia de un club deportivo español Historia del Club Atletico de Madrid" (PDF) (in Spanish). Complutense University of Madrid. p. 133. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ Fernando Magallón (14 July 2007). "Saviola es el 16º que deja el Barça por el Madrid" (in Spanish). Diario AS. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Spain - Cups 1910". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Charles Malcolm Wallace Midgley stats". players.fcbarcelona.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "La historia más 'culé' jamás contada" (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 9 May 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "Casual - Español" [Casual - Spanish]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com. Hemeroteca. 4 January 1912. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.