Chairmen of the Football Association - John Charles Clegg, Bert Millichip, Andrew Stephen, Joe Mears, Arthur Drewry, Geoff Thompson (Paperback)

Chapters: John Charles Clegg, Bert Millichip, Andrew Stephen, Joe Mears, Arthur Drewry, Geoff Thompson. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir John Charles Clegg (15 June 1850 - 26 June 1937), better known as Charles Clegg, was an English footballer and later both chairman and president of the Football Association. He was born in Sheffield and lived there his whole life. He competed in the first international match between England and Scotland in 1872. He was the older brother of William Clegg, whom he played both with and against. He became heavily involved in local football serving as chairman and president of both Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United. He was also one of the founders of the latter. He was also played a critical role in merging the two competing Sheffield football associations in to the Sheffield and Hallamshire Football Association, which he then became chairman of. During his reign in charge of the FA he became known as the Napoleon of Football. Charles Clegg was the son of Mary and William Johnson Clegg, who would go on to have a total of 6 children. His father was a trainee solicitor at the time of Charles' birth. Two years later he became a highway rate collector but re-entered the profession after the Great Sheffield Flood in 1864. He prepared claims against the water company responsible. This would lead to him to become a fully qualified solicitor and found his own firm, which became known as Clegg