Arthur Longbottom

Forward, Football player

1933 –

64

Who is Arthur Longbottom?

Arthur Langley is an English former footballer. An inside-forward, he scored 107 goals in 330 league appearances in an eleven-year career in the bottom two divisions of the Football League. He changed his surname from Longbottom to Langley after his retirement from football.

He spent 1954 to 1961 at Queens Park Rangers, before he was sold on to Port Vale in May 1961 for a £2,000 fee. He was sold on to Millwall for another £2,000 in January 1963, before joining Oxford United in the summer. He transferred to Colchester United in October 1964, and then moved into non-league football with Scarborough in May 1965. Though he never won any honours and was never promoted, he finished as top-scorer at QPR, Port Vale, and Oxford United.

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Born
Jan 30, 1933
Leeds
Nationality
  • England
Lived in
  • Leeds

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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