Arthur Turner (footballer Born 1922)

Arthur Alexander Turner (born 22 January 1922) was an English amateur footballer who played at centre forward for Charlton Athletic in the 1946 FA Cup Final, thus becoming the only player to play in an FA Cup Final who never played a League game for his club, since the League's inception. He went on to have a league career at Colchester United.

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