Charlie Vaughan | |
Fullname: | Charles John Vaughan |
Birth Date: | 23 April 1921 |
Birth Place: | Bermondsey, England |
Death Place: | Sutton, London, England |
Position: | Centre forward |
Years1: | 1941–1946 |
Clubs1: | Sutton United |
Caps1: | 147 |
Goals1: | 248 |
Years2: | 1946–1953 |
Clubs2: | Charlton Athletic |
Caps2: | 227 |
Goals2: | 91 |
Years3: | 1953–1954 |
Clubs3: | Portsmouth |
Caps3: | 26 |
Goals3: | 14 |
Years4: | 1954–19?? |
Clubs4: | Bexleyheath & Welling |
Nationalyears1: | 1952 |
Nationalteam1: | England B |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Charles John Vaughan (23 April 1921 – 16 March 1989) was an English footballer who played for Charlton Athletic and Portsmouth as a centre forward during the 1940s and 1950s.[1]
Vaughan started his career with Sutton United. He helped them win numerous wartime honours, scored 42 league goals in the 1945–46 season to win the Athenian League,[2] and finished his Sutton United career with 248 goals in 147 competitive appearances.[3] He was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.[4]
In 1950, Vaughan toured Canada with a Football Association party,[5] and in March 1952, he appeared in an England B international against the Netherlands.[6]