Alfred Ernest Chalk (27 November 1874 – 25 June 1954) was a British Railway clerk and footballer who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games.[1]
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Full name | Alfred Erskine Chalk | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1874-11-27)27 November 1874 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Plaistow, Greater London, England | |||||||||||||||
Date of death | (1954-06-25)25 June 1954 (Age 79) | |||||||||||||||
Place of death | Bridge, Kent, England | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right half | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1900 | Upton Park | |||||||||||||||
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1900 | Great Britain Olympic | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He was well known in London football circles at the turn of the century. He played for Ilford, Barking Woodville, and Essex County, and was right-half for Upton Park when they won the gold medal in the 1900 Olympics. According to the limited reports which reached London from Paris, Chalk was one of the Olympic side's outstanding players. He was one of 18 children of a railway station manager and followed in his father's profession by becoming a railway clerk.
Great Britain football squad (Upton Park F.C.) – 1900 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists | ||
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