Football Career
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Playing position | Outside Left | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1933–1935 | Nunhead | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1936–1950 | Arsenal | 54 | (15) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Compton also played football, beginning his career at non-league Nunhead during the 1934–35 season before joining Arsenal. A winger, he made his debut in 1936, and won the League in 1948 and the FA Cup in 1950. However, the latter part of his sporting career was dogged by knee trouble: the knee had been damaged in a collision with the Charlton goalkeeper; he was limited to 60 official (i.e. non-wartime) appearances and 16 goals. He represented England in wartime 12 times, but never in a full official match.
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