| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Grenoside, England | ||
| Date of death | 1964 (aged 72–73) | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1914 | Tankersley Colliery | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1918 | Be Quick | ? | (?) |
| 1919–1923 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | (0) |
| 1923–1927 | Chesterfield | 141 | (5) |
| 1927–1929 | Denaby United | ? | (?) |
| Total | 168 | (5) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Arnold Birch (1891–1964) was an English professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper.
Birch worked atNewton, Chambers & Company's Tankersleymine until it closed in 1914 at the outbreak ofWorld War I. He voluntarily joined the1st Royal Naval Brigade. After a flee fromAntwerp, Belgium with his division in October 1914, he spent the rest of the war in an internment camp inGroningen, Netherlands playing football in the highly rated internal competition alongsideHarry Waites.
He joined local sideBe Quick in 1916 as a masseur and later as a coach and was allowed to play for the team in 1918. Be Quick won theEerste Klasse North and qualified for the Championship play-off finishing fifth.[2][3]
Upon returning to England, Birch made 27 appearances forSheffield Wednesday inthe Football League between August 1919 and January 1923.[4] He later played forChesterfield, scoring 5 goals in 141 League appearances.[5] He later played non-League football withDenaby United.
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