Arthur Chandler (footballer)

Clarence Arthur Hiller Chandler ( born November 27, 1895 in Paddington, † 1984) was an English footballer in the 1920s and 1930s. He was best known for his time at Leicester City, where he holds the scoring record with 273 goals.

Sports career

Chandler came first in the British capital at the Queens Park Rangers to the first professional applications, scored in his official matches 18 goals and was subsequently discovered by Peter Hodge, the then manager of Leicester City. Although " Channy " as Arthur Chandler was named in " QPR " no " striker in the front line " was and was already in the second half of its third decade of life, he struck with his new club directly. Starting with his debut, he completed 118 games without interruption and was both in the Second Division second-rate as well as by the rise in 1925 in the top league goalscorer reliable.

With each 34 hits in 1928 and 1929, he improved the scoring record of the club, which included six goals for the 10-0 victory in a league match against FC Portsmouth in October 1928. Despite this good performances him an international match in the English national team was always denied. Instead, he graduated from games for a selection of North against the South, was twice attend a game the "rest " against the English selection and played a game for a team in the Football League against their Scottish counterparts.

At the age of 38 years Chandler left the " Foxes " and returned after a brief interlude at Norwich City just to the Filbert Street to Leicester back, but where he played no league use before his final career end. He recorded a total of 419 duty, scoring 273 hits; this Rekordtorausbeute came close only in the 1950s Arthur Rowley with 265 goals, said it took only 321 games and thus seriously Chandler competed for the title of " best scorer in the history of Leicester City ".