Dick Upex

Dick Upex
Personal information
Full name Richard Upex
Date of birth (1892-06-26)26 June 1892
Place of birth New Fletton, England
Date of death 22 May 1979(1979-05-22) (aged 86)
Place of death Croydon, England
Position Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912 Great Eastern Locomotive Works
1912 Peterborough City
1912–1916 Croydon Common 22 (11)
1916–1917 Clapton Orient
1919 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
1919–1920 Southend United 17 (6)
1920–1922 Charlton Athletic 19 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Upex (26 June 1892 – 22 May 1979) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Charlton Athletic as an inside left. He also played Southern League football for Croydon Common and Southend United.

Personal life

Upex worked as a sugar boiler in the confectionery trade. He served as a private with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and saw action at High Wood, Vimy Ridge, Loos, Cambrai and Lens. He also served in the Labour Corps. In 1937, Upex was working as a commission agent and during the 1950s he ran a turf accountancy business.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Croydon Common 1912–13 Southern League Second Division 13 8 5 3 18 11
1913–14 Southern League Second Division 3 1 0 0 3 1
1914–15 Southern League First Division 6 2 1 0 7 2
Total 22 11 6 3 28 14
Southend United 1919–20 Southern League First Division 17 6 0 0 17 6
Charlton Athletic 1920–21 Southern League English Section 16 6 5 4 21 10
1921–22 Third Division South 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 19 6 5 4 24 10
Career total 58 23 11 7 69 30

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Our Her-O's: The final part of Orient's World War I heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Biographies – Dick Upex" (PDF). Croydon Common FC. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 295. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  4. ↑ "Upex Dick Charlton Athletic 1921". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Frontline London". Archived from the original on 8 December 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Dick Upex on Lives of the First World War