Arthur Rigby

Infobox Football biography
playername = Arthur Rigby


fullname = Arthur Rigby
dateofbirth = birth date|1900|6|7|df=yes
cityofbirth = Chorlton,dn Manchester
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = March 1960 aged 59
cityofdeath = Crewe
countryofdeath = England
height =
position = Inside left or Outside left
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
1921–1925
1925–1929
1929–1932
1932–1933
1933–1935
1935–1937
clubs = Crewe Alexandra
Bradford City
Blackburn Rovers
Everton
Middlesbrough
Clapton Orient
Crewe Alexandra
Total
caps(goals) =
121 0(21)
156 0(42)
"'467 (108)
nationalyears = 1927
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 005 00(3)

Arthur Rigby (born June 7 1900 in Chorlton,dn Manchester, England; died March 1960 in Crewe, England) was an English professional footballer who played as inside left or outside left. He won an FA Cup winners medal with Blackburn Rovers and five caps for England.

Domestic playing career

Arthur Rigby was an electrician by trade who initially started his football career as a goalkeeper until after a trial with Stockport County, signed as a winger for Crewe Alexandra after the First World War.cite book
last = Frost
first = Terry
title = Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988
publisher = Breedon Books Sport
year = 1988
pages = p81
isbn = 0907969380] In March 1921 he signed for Bradford City for £1,200 when City director Allan Welch took time away from business in Crewe to take him from non-league football to Division One. He played 13 games, scoring one goal, in his first season at City, before the club was relegated in his first full season.

He scored five goals in the club's first season in Division Two during the 1922–23 season finishing as the club's joint top goal-scorer. He remained at City for another two seasons, finishing with 21 goals from 121 league appearances, before he returned to the top flight when Blackburn Rovers paid £2,500 for his services.

His form at Ewood Park was rewarded with an international call-up for the England team and an FA Cup winners medal in 1928 when Rovers defeated Huddersfield Town 3–1. After 156 league appearances and 42 goals, he left Rovers to sign for Everton in November 1929.

He won a Second Division championship medal with Everton in 1930–31 season, before moving to Middlesbrough in May 1932. He later played for Clapton Orient and finished his career back at Crewe, where he died in March 1960, aged 59.

International playing career

Rigby won his first England international cap in a British Home Championship game with Scotland on April 2 1927. England won 2–1. He scored two goals in his second game against Belgium a month later in a convincing 9–1 victory. In total he won five caps, scoring one more goal, all in 1927.

International goals

Honours

Blackburn Rovers
* FA Cup: 1928

Everton
* Football League Second Division: 1930–31

References

External links

* [http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=802 England career profile]