Stan Charlton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stanley Charlton | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Exeter, Devon, England | ||
| Date of death | 20 December 2012 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Dorchester, Dorset, England | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1952 | Bromley | ||
| 1952–1955 | Leyton Orient | 151 | (1) |
| 1955–1958 | Arsenal | 99 | (0) |
| 1958–1965 | Leyton Orient | 216 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| –1952 | England amateur | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1965–1972 | Weymouth | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stanley "Stan" Charlton (28 June 1929 – 20 December 2012) was an English football player and manager.
He was born in Exeter, Devon, the son of Stanley Charlton, who played at full back for Exeter City and Crystal Palace during the 1920s and 1930s. Despite his surname, he was not related to the more famous footballers Bobby Charlton and Jack Charlton, who were two contemporaries of his.
He started his career as an amateur with Bromley, where he won four caps for the England amateur team and was a member of the 1952 Olympic football tournament squad for the Great Britain team, although he did not play. He signed as a professional for Leyton Orient in 1952, and was a near ever-present for the next three seasons for Orient, as they finished runners-up in the Third Division in 1954–55. He was selected to play for the Third Division South team against the North in 1955–56.
In November 1955 Charlton joined Arsenal with Orient team-mate Vic Groves for £30,000, and succeeded Len Wills as the club's first-choice right back. He made his debut on 24 December 1955 against Chelsea and remained in the same position for nearly all of the rest of the season; he was also an ever-present in 1956–57 and 1957–58, and played for the London XI in both legs of the semi-finals of the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup against Lausanne Sports.
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