Arthur Gaskell

Arthur Gaskell
Personal information
Full name Arthur Gaskell
Date of birth 26 April 1886
Place of birth Bollington, England
Date of death 22 August 1944(1944-08-22) (aged 58)
Place of death Rochdale, England
Position Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1905–1910 Bolton Wanderers 105 (2)
1910–1911 Macclesfield
Total 105 (2)
Managerial career
1920-1921 Grasshopper
1921–1924 Građanski Zagreb
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur Gaskell (26 April 1886 – 22 August 1944) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers. After his playing career was over Gaskell became a coach and went on to manage the Moscow City team in 1911 - 1912. He was the first foreign manager in the Russian Empire. He also managed Swiss side Grasshopper Club Zürich and then Yugoslav side HŠK Građanski Zagreb where he won the 1923 Yugoslav Football Championship.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Arthur Gaskell at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Former Footballer". The Rochdale Observer. 26 August 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  4. ↑ «Мяч влетал в ворота, и зрители кричали: "Голь!"» Как появился московский футбол, и кто стал его первыми звездами
  5. ↑ "Sport". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 2 October 1920. p. 3. Graßhoppers, (...) haben dieser Tage, wie wir hören, einen englischen Trainer, Mr. Gaskel von Bolton Wanderers, erhalten.
  6. ↑ "1945 - The Year Tito Changed Football". thefootballlife.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2021.