| Arthur Shaw | |
| Fullname: | Arthur Shaw |
| Birth Date: | 9 April 1924 |
| Birth Place: | Limehouse, England |
| Death Place: | Hermosa Beach, California, United States |
| Position: | Wing half |
| Clubs1: | Whitton Rovers |
| Years2: | 1941 |
| Clubs2: | Hounslow Town |
| Years3: | 1942–1944 |
| Clubs3: | Queens Park Rangers |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1945 |
| Clubs4: | Southall |
| Years5: | 1945–1946 |
| Clubs5: | Hayes |
| Caps5: | 19 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Clubs6: | → Hounslow Town (guest) |
| Years7: | 1946–1948 |
| Clubs7: | Brentford |
| Caps7: | 4 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 1948–1955 |
| Clubs8: | Arsenal |
| Caps8: | 57 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 1955–1956 |
| Clubs9: | Watford |
| Caps9: | 3 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 1956–1959 |
| Clubs10: | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| Totalcaps: | 84 |
| Totalgoals: | 4 |
Arthur Shaw (9 April 1924 – 2 November 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brentford, Arsenal and Watford.
Born in Limehouse, Shaw made a total of 64 appearances in the Football League for Brentford, Arsenal and Watford.[1] He also played non-League football for Southall, Hayes and Gravesend & Northfleet.[2] Shaw made 25 league appearances during Arsenal's 1952–53 First Division championship-winning season.[3] [4] A flag bearing his name flies in tribute on the Ken Friar Bridge, close to Arsenal tube station.[5]
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brentford | 1946–47[6] | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Arsenal | 1949–50 | First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1950–51 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 1951–52 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 1952–53 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 1953–54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1954–55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 57 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 0 | |||
| Watford | 1955–56[7] | Third Division South | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 64 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 0 | |||
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