Alfred Chalk

Alfred Chalk
Personal information
Full name Alfred Erskine Chalk
Date of birth (1874-11-27)27 November 1874
Place of birth Plaistow, Greater London, England
Date of death (1954-06-25)25 June 1954 (Age 79)
Place of death Bridge, Kent, England
Position Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900 Upton Park
International career
1900 Great Britain Olympic 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1900 Paris Team Competition
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Ernest Chalk (27 November 1874 – 25 June 1954) was a British Railway clerk and footballer who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games.[1]

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.

References

  1. ^ "Alfred Chalk". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 December 2020.


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