| Dick Upex | |
| Fullname: | Richard Upex |
| Birth Date: | 26 June 1892 |
| Birth Place: | New Fletton, England |
| Death Place: | Croydon, England |
| Position: | Inside left |
| Years1: | 1912 |
| Clubs1: | Great Eastern Locomotive Works |
| Years2: | 1912 |
| Clubs2: | Peterborough City |
| Years3: | 1912–1916 |
| Clubs3: | Croydon Common |
| Caps3: | 22 |
| Goals3: | 11 |
| Years4: | 1916–1917 |
| Clubs4: | Clapton Orient |
| Years5: | 1919 |
| Clubs5: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1919–1920 |
| Clubs6: | Southend United |
| Caps6: | 17 |
| Goals6: | 6 |
| Years7: | 1920–1922 |
| Clubs7: | Charlton Athletic |
| Caps7: | 19 |
| Goals7: | 6 |
Richard Upex (26 June 1892 – 22 May 1979) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Charlton Athletic as an inside left.[1] [2] He also played Southern League football for Croydon Common and Southend United.
Upex worked as a sugar boiler in the confectionery trade.[3] He served as a private with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and saw action at High Wood, Vimy Ridge, Loos, Cambrai and Lens.[4] [5] He also served in the Labour Corps. In 1937, Upex was working as a commission agent and during the 1950s he ran a turf accountancy business.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Croydon Common | 1912–13 | Southern League Second Division | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 11 | |
| 1913–14 | Southern League Second Division | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1914–15 | Southern League First Division | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Total | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 14 | |||
| Southend United | 1919–20 | Southern League First Division | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 1920–21 | Southern League English Section | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 10 | |
| 1921–22 | Third Division South | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 10 | |||
| Career total | 58 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 69 | 30 | |||