Charles Alfred Crowe was an English footballer who played as a defender.
16 Facts About Charlie Crowe
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Charlie Crowe spent the majority of his career at his hometown club Newcastle United.
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Charlie Crowe spent a season at Mansfield at the end of his career.
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Charlie Crowe signed for the biggest team in the city, Newcastle United, in October 1944.
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Charlie Crowe made 24 appearances in two years for Newcastle as a left-back.
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Charlie Crowe found his chances limited during the following years and made only a handful of appearances.
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Charlie Crowe won his only trophy in this match as, despite Newcastle winning the FA Cup a further two times before the end of his career, he did not play in the 1952 final and missed the 1955 match against Manchester City through injury.
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Charlie Crowe had been playing mainly in the reserves for the previous couple of seasons but re-established himself as the first-choice left-half.
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Charlie Crowe was appointed as captain in place of Joe Harvey.
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Charlie Crowe was selected for the Third Division North representative team in October 1957.
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Charlie Crowe retired from the game in 1957 at the age of 33, having made 178 appearances in the league for Newcastle and scoring five goals from defence.
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Charlie Crowe was offered a coaching job at Newcastle when Charlie Mitten became the manager but he was unimpressed by the wage being offered.
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Charlie Crowe briefly managed in Egypt but was forced to return to England due to the Suez Crisis in the country.
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Charlie Crowe was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1998 while he was living with his 82-year-old wife Ruth in Wallsend.
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Charlie Crowe was 85 years old and the last surviving player from the 1951 FA Cup winning side.
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Charlie Crowe died in North Tyneside General Hospital on 27 February 2010.