Arthur Hurdman

Arthur Stanley Hurdman (q3 1882 – 1953) was an English footballer who played at outside right in the Football League for Sunderland. He also played non-league football for clubs including Sunderland Black Watch, Darlington, South Shields Adelaide, Wingate Albion and Sunderland Rovers.

Arthur Hurdman
Personal information
Full name Arthur Stanley Hurdman[1]
Date of birth q3 1882[1]
Place of birth Sunderland,[1] England
Date of death (aged 70)[2]
Place of death Sunderland, England
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900–1906 Sunderland Black Watch
1906–1908 Sunderland 8 (3)
1908–1909 Darlington (8)
1909–1910 South Shields Adelaide
1910–191? Wingate Albion
– Sunderland Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Hurdman was born in Sunderland in 1882.[1] He played football for Wearside League team Sunderland Black Watch from 1900. While training as a schoolteacher at Borough Road College, London, he was unavailable for club football during term-time.[3]

He signed for Sunderland as an amateur in 1906. A short but sturdy man,[4] described as "one of the most diminutive players in first-class football", and possessed of considerable pace,[5] he made his first-team debut on 1 December 1906 away to Woolwich Arsenal in the First Division. Sunderland won 1–0,[6] and according to the Daily News, Hurdman "brilliantly led many onslaughts on the Arsenal goal, despite his hopelessness when at close quarters with Sharp. He tricked and dodged in and out of position quite tirelessly from beginning to end, and rarely failed to pass with perfection to his best-placed colleague."[4] He turned professional in January 1907,[7] and in the next match, he scored twice as Sunderland came back from 4–1 down at half-time to draw 5–5.[8] In all, Hurdman made eight appearances for Sunderland and scored three goals, all in the league.[9]

In August 1908, he signed for Darlington,[10] for whom he scored eight North-Eastern League goals and made three appearances in the 1908–09 FA Cup.[11] He later played for another three North-Eastern League teams: South Shields Adelaide, Wingate Albion,[12] and Sunderland Rovers.[13]

When Hurdman retired from teaching in 1947, he was assistant headmaster of Chester Road School in Sunderland.[14] He had previously taught at Moor Boys' School.[15] He died in hospital in Sunderland in 1953 at the age of 70.[2]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. "Deaths". Sunderland Echo. 23 May 1953. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
    "Arthur S Hurdman England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837–2007". Retrieved 23 December 2016 – via FamilySearch.
  3. "Junior football gossip". Sunderland Daily Echo. 19 December 1903. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Caught on the hop". London Daily News. 3 December 1906. p. 11 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "English athletic notes". Edinburgh Evening News. 6 December 1906. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "1906–07: Football League Division 1 – Match 14". thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  7. "Junior jottings". Sheffield Evening Telegraph. 18 January 1907. p. 10 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "1906–07: Football League Division 1 – Match 20". thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  9. "Arthur Hurdman". thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  10. "North-Eastern League". Yorkshire Post. 15 August 1908. p. 16 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C. Nottingham: SoccerData. pp. 14, 18. ISBN 978-1-899468-15-7.
  12. "Wingate team to lead the attack against Darlington". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 13 October 1919. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. "Player search". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  14. "They taught for 87 years". Sunderland Echo. 27 March 1947. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. "Attack on dialect". Sunderland Echo. 24 September 1932. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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