Charlie Fleming

Charlie Fleming

Personal information
Full name	Charles Fleming
Date of birth	July 12, 1927(1927-07-12)
Place of birth	Culross, Scotland
Date of death	August 15, 1997(1997-08-15) (aged 70)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1947–1955	East Fife	173	(117)
1955–1958	Sunderland	107	(62)
1958–1965	Bath City	300	(216)
National team
1953	Scotland	1	(2)
1951	Rest of the UK[1]	1	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Charles "Charlie" Fleming (12 July 1927 – 15 August 1997) was a Scottish footballer who played for Blairhall Colliery, East Fife, Sunderland and the Scotland national team. Fleming was nicknamed ’Cannonball Charlie’ for his shooting ability.

Fleming was born in Blairhall, Fife and joined East Fife from Blairhall Colliery and became an integral part of East Fife's success in the 1940s and 1950s. Fleming won the League Cup with East Fife in 1949 and 1953 and was part of the side that reached the Scottish Cup final in 1950.^[2] During his time with East Fife he won his only international cap, and scored twice in a 3-1 win over Northern Ireland on 3 October 1953.

He moved to English club Sunderland in January 1955 for £20,000 (plus Tommy Wright in exchange) where he remained for three seasons.

After his playing career he had managerial spells at Bath City in 1958 and Trowbridge Town in 1965. At Bath City he signed his ex East Fife team mate, Bobby Black.^[2]

External links

• Charlie Fleming at scottishfa.co.uk
• Newcastle Fans profile

References

1. ^ England Player Honours - International Representative Teams englandfootballonline.com Retrieved 27 Jun 2010
2. ^ ^{a b} Bobby Black interview

Persondata
Name	Fleming, Charlie
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	12 July 1927
Place of birth	Culross, Scotland
Date of death	15 August 1997
Place of death