Charlie Watkins | |
Fullname: | Charles Watkins |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1921 |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
Death Place: | Hitchin, England |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | St Anthony's |
Years1: | 1946–1948 |
Years2: | 1948–1954 |
Clubs2: | Luton Town |
Caps1: | 9 |
Caps2: | 218 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 16 |
Manageryears1: | 1964–1965 |
Managerclubs1: | Luton Town (caretaker) |
Charles Watkins (14 January 1921 – 22 February 1998) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. After starting out with Glasgow non-league club St Anthony's, he joined Rangers in 1942. Moving south with English Second Division club Luton Town in 1948, he made 239 appearances for the Bedfordshire club before retiring. Re-joining Luton in the early 1960s as part of the coaching staff, Watkins spent a short spell during the 1964–65 season as caretaker manager.[1] [2]
On leaving football, Charlie Watkins went on to run a newsagents for many years, with his family, in the Warden Hills area of Luton.