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Player #264

From:

To:

Career Status:

1919-20

1930-31

Retired

Appearances:

389

Starts:

389

Goals:

65

Assists:

-

Involvements:

65

Arthur Dorrell

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Winger

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SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Arthur Dorrell

Seasons Quick-View

1919-29 🕒 389 | ⚽ 65 | 🔥 - | #264 |

Season :

1919-20
1920-21
1921-22
1922-23
1923-24
1924-25
1925-26
1926-27
1927-28
1928-29
1929-30

Age :

23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33

Division :

D1
D1
D1
D1
D1
D1
D1
D1
D1
D1
D1

Squad # :

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Appearances :

19
39
48
41
45
45
42
39
39
29
3

Starts :

19
39
48
41
45
45
42
39
39
29
3

Substitute :

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Unused :

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Goals :

4
4
6
7
5
8
5
8
9
9
0

Assists :

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Involvements :

4
4
6
7
5
8
5
8
9
9
0

Games / Goal :

Bookings :

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Sendings Off :

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Arthur Reginald Dorrell

Birth Date

30 March 1896

Birth Place

Small Heath, Birmingham

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Belper Road School
Loxton Street School
Carey Hall FC

Original Transfer

Aged

23

From

Carey Hall FC

For

Free

On

May 1919

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

34

Port Vale

Free

June 1931

Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

Port Vale
Retired

Died

13 September 1942, Aged 46

Arthur Dorrell

Villa Career

1919-29 🕒 389 | ⚽ 65 | 🔥 - | #264 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

8 September 1919

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

8 September 1919

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1919-20

8 September 1919

Derby County (a), Division One

23

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1929-30

28 December 1929

Birmingham (a), Division One

33

Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Final Squad

28 December 1929

Manager

Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Honours

1919-20 FA Cup Winners |

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

England

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

1924-25 🕒 4 | ⚽ 1 |

England

Caps with Villa

1924-25 🕒 4 | ⚽ 1 |

Arthur Dorrell

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Player #265 for Aston Villa, Arthur Reginald Dorrell, played as a winger for the club in the outside left position.

Arthur played for Villa between 1919-20 and 1929-30 season making 389 appearances.

Arthur, son of former Villa player Billy Dorrell, was born in Small Heath, just 4 miles from Villa Park, on 30th March 1896 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on the 8th September 1919 aged 23 against Derby County.

Villa had signed Arthur from Carey Hall FC in May 1919 and during his time with Villa he won the 1919-20 FA Cup (making his FA Cup debut for the club in the final), was a runner up in 1923-24 and semi-finalist in 1928-29.

Arthur proved to be a virtual ever present during his time with Villa and struck up an effective partnership on the opposite flank with Dicky York over their decade together in the Villa first team with both leaving the club for Port Vale to recreate their dynamic footballing prowess at a lower level.

Arthur played his last game for Villa on the 28th December 1929 at the age of 33 and 10 years and 3 months after his debut.

Arthur played under the George Ramsey and Billy Smith led Management Committees.

After retiring from football Arthur became a coach of the club.

Arthur passed away in Alum Rock on 13th September 1942 aged just 46.

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