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Charles "Charlie" Crowe (30 October 1924 – 27 February 2010) was an English footballer who played as a defender. He spent the majority of his career at his hometown club Newcastle United.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charlie Crowe profile )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charlie Crowe statistics )〕 He also spent a season at Mansfield at the end of his career. ==Career== Crowe was born in Newcastle in 1924. In his teenage years he appeared for the local football teams Heaton & Byker Youth Club and Wallsend St. Lukes. He signed for the biggest team in the city Newcastle United in October 1944. At the time he joined Newcastle, the club were only able to play friendly matches as World War II was taking place and all the football leagues in England were suspended. He made 24 appearances in two years for Newcastle as a left-back.〔B.J. Hugman, ''Rothmans Football League Players Records The Complete A–Z 1946–1981'', 1981〕 He made his Football League debut on 5 January 1946 in a match against Barnsley. However he only made four appearances for Newcastle from January until the end of the 1945–46 season. During the 1947–48 season he featured in just two league games as the club won promotion to the Football League First Division. Crowe found his chances limited during the following years and made only a handful of appearances. Crowe became a regular member of the Newcastle team in the 1950–51 season, a very successful year for the club in which they finished fourth in the First Division in only their third season back at that level. Crowe was also part of the side that reached the FA Cup Final and participated in a 2–0 victory against Blackpool.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FA Cup Finals 1946–2000 )〕 Crowe won his only trophy in this match as, despite Newcastle winning the FA Cup a further two times before the end of his career, he did not play in the 1952 Final〔 and missed the 1955 match against Manchester City through injury.〔 Crowe had been playing mainly in the reserves for the previous couple of seasons but re-established himself as the first-choice left-half. He was also appointed as captain in place of Joe Harvey. He moved to Mansfield in February and worked as player-coach in the 1956–57 season. He was selected for the Third Division North representative team in October 1957. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charlie Crowe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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