Arthur_Aaron_(footballer)

Arthur Aaron (footballer)

Arthur Aaron (footballer)

English footballer (1885–1950)

Arthur Frederick Aaron (21 September 1885[lower-alpha 1] – 10 April 1950), later Arron, was an English association footballer who played in the Football League for Stockport County.[4] Arthur Aaron is alphabetically the first player in Football League records.

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Aaron was born in Liverpool, the son of Thomas Aaron and Mary Ann Conroy, and was baptised Romanic Catholic at Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church.[5] After his football career, he became an estate agent in Lancashire. He married Mary Sophia Fleetwood in 1912. [6] In 1937, he changed the spelling of his surname to Arron via deed poll.[7] He died in Prescot, Lancashire, aged 64.[8]

Notes

  1. His baptism record gives his date of birth as 22 September, but the 1939 Register and his grave list the date as 21 September.

References

  1. [1]
    1939 England and Wales Register
  2. [2]
    1891 England Census
  3. [3]
    England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973–1995
  4. [4]
    Joyce, Michael (October 2004). The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.
  5. [5]
    Liverpool, England, Catholic Baptisms, 1741–1919
  6. [6]
    Liverpool, England, Catholic Marriages, 1754–1933
  7. [7]
    "No. 34456". The London Gazette. 19 November 1937. p. 7321.
  8. [8]
    England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
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