Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,653 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #244
Appearances:
7
Starts:
7
Goals:
0
Seasons:
3
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery, Undated
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery, Undated
Arthur Dobson
Position
Midfielder
From
1912-13
To
1914-15
IMAGE CREDIT
Arthur Dobson
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
19 | 20 | 21 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 |
Appearances
7 |
1 | 0 | 6 |
Starts
7 |
1 | 0 | 6 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
Henry Arthur Dobson
Birth Date
Saturday, 1 April 1893
Birth Place
Chesterton, Staffordshire
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Audley North Staffs
From
For
Free
On
August 1912
Previous Clubs
1910-11 Chesterton Foresters |
1911-12 Audley North Staffs |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
n/a
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery, Undated
Source: Villa News & Record, Our Portrait Gallery, Undated
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1913-15 Aston Villa, Free, 7 | 0 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 15 February 1913
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 15 February 1913
Blackburn Rovers (h), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Did not score
Final Appearance
Wednesday, 10 February 1915
Everton (h), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Wednesday, 10 February 1915
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
Killed in action during the Spring Offensive on 29 March 1918 aged 24.
Arthur Dobson
Player #244 for Aston Villa, Henry Arthur Dobson, known as Arthur Dobson played as a midfielder for the club in a position then known as a half back.
Arthur played for Villa between 1912-13 and 1914-15 making a total of 7 appearances for the club.
Arthur was born in Chesterton, Staffordshire in April 1893 and he made his Villa debut on the 15th February 1913 aged 19.
Villa had signed Arthur from Audley North Staffs in August 1912.
Arthur proved to be a back up player for the club and did not appear in Villa’s run to the FA Cup win over Sunderland in his first season and so missed out on the opportunity of playing in the Final in front of a crowd of 121,919 at Crystal Palace, London in April 1913.
Arthur made just one league appearance that season, his debut, and would not feature at all the following year. In 1914-15, Arthur made his only FA Cup appearance and added another five league games to his tally.
Arthur had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Like many players of the era, Arthur’s career was interrupted by the Great War during which he was killed in action.
Arthur was wounded during the Spring Offensive and died on 29 March 1918.
He was buried in Prémont British Cemetery. He served with the North Staffordshire Regiment.
Arthur was 22.