Arnold Rodgers Explained

Arnold Rodgers
Fullname:Arnold William Rodgers
Birth Date:5 December 1923
Birth Place:Rotherham, England
Death Date:October 1993
Death Place:Bristol, England
Position:Striker
Years1:1946–1950
Years2:1950–1956
Years3:1956
Clubs3:Shrewsbury Town
Caps1:28
Caps2:195
Caps3:13
Goals1:17
Goals2:106
Goals3:3

Arnold William Rodgers (5 December 1923 – October 1993) was an English professional footballer who made over 230 Football League appearances in the years after the Second World War in a career for Huddersfield Town, Bristol City and Shrewsbury Town.

Rodgers had initially played for Huddersfield as a guest in 1942, before he signed on full-time in 1946. After Shrewsbury Town he moved to Somerset where he was manager for non-league clubs Welton Rovers, which he helped to two losing first round appearances in the FA Cup (in 1964-65 and 1967-68), and Bath City from 1967 to 1971.

Following retirement from football he ran a business in Bristol as a florist for 37 years until he died of a heart attack in October 1993, aged 69.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Jones, Mike. Meadow Meastros & Misfits. 2008. Janet Beasley, Shrewsbury. 218. 978-0-9548099-2-8.