Arthur Aaron | |
Fullname: | Arthur Frederick Aaron |
Birth Date: | 22 September 1885[1] |
Birth Place: | Liverpool, England[2] |
Death Date: | 10 April 1950 (aged 64)[3] |
Death Place: | Prescot, Lancashire |
Position: | Forward |
Clubs1: | Southport Central |
Years2: | 1907 |
Clubs2: | Stockport County |
Caps2: | 2 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 1906 |
Clubs5: | Ashton Town |
Arthur Frederick Aaron (21 September 1885 – 10 April 1950), later Arron, was an English association footballer who played in the Football League for Stockport County.[4] Arthur Aaron is alphabetically the first player in Football League records.
Aaron was born in Liverpool, the son of Thomas Aaron and Mary Ann Conroy, and was baptised Romanic Catholic at Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church.[5] After his football career, he became an estate agent in Lancashire. He married Mary Sophia Fleetwood in 1912. [6] In 1937, he changed the spelling of his surname to Arron via deed poll. He died in Prescot, Lancashire, aged 64.[7]