Arthur Aaron (footballer)

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.

Arthur Aaron
Personal information
Full name Arthur Frederick Aaron
Date of birth 22 September 1885[1]
Place of birth Liverpool, England[2]
Date of death 10 April 1950 (aged 64)[3]
Place of death Prescot, Lancashire
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Southport Central
1907 Stockport County 2 (1)
1906 St Helens Recreation
Accrington Stanley
Ashton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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