Alfred Chalk
Olympic athlete
1874 – 1954
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Who was Alfred Chalk?
Alfred Ernest Chalk was a British Railway clerk and football player who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games.
He was well known in London football circles at the turn of the century. He played for Ilford, Barking Woodville, and Essex County, and was right-half for Upton Park when they won the gold medal in the 1900 Olympics. According to the limited reports which reached London from Paris, Chalk was one of the Olympic side’s outstanding players. He was one of 18 children of a railway station manager and followed in his father’s profession by becoming a railway clerk.
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- Born
- Nov 27, 1874
Plaistow, Newham - Also known as
- Alfred Ernest Chalk
- Nationality
- England
- Died
- 1954
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on July 23, 2013
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