Samuel Bartram was an English professional footballer and manager.
12 Facts About Sam Bartram
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Sam Bartram played as a goalkeeper and holds the record for most appearances for Charlton Athletic, his only club at the professional level.
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When his local village club Boldon Villa were without a goalkeeper for a cup final in 1934, Bartram took over in goal.
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Sam Bartram played in goal for the Addicks for 22 years, ignoring unofficial guest appearances elsewhere during wartime, and was never dropped from the team until he retired in 1956.
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Sam Bartram is considered one of Charlton's greatest players, and their finest goalkeeper.
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Sam Bartram played in four finals at Wembley between 1943 and 1947, winning the FA Cup in 1947.
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Sam Bartram was runner-up in the 1954 Footballer of the Year vote at the age of 40.
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Sam Bartram is the oldest player to have played for Charlton, playing until he was 42, and in 1956, after a record 623 appearances, he left to manage York City.
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Sam Bartram was involved in a well reported incident when thick fog closed in on a game he was playing against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge:.
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The game went unusually silent but Sam Bartram remained at his post, peering into the thickening fog from the edge of the penalty area.
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In 2006, a nine-foot statue of Sam Bartram was erected outside Charlton's stadium, The Valley, to celebrate the club's centenary.
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Sam Bartram was the nephew of Jimmy Bartram, a forward who featured for Falkirk in Scotland.