Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles Henry Bumstead[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 8 January 1922||
Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
Date of death | 6 May 1974[1] | (aged 52)||
Place of death | Lambeth, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1948 | Millwall | 12 | (0) |
1948–1951 | Crystal Palace | 53 | (0) |
1951–1953 | Dover Town | ? | (?) |
1953–1954 | Bedford Town | ? | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Charles Henry Bumstead (8 January 1922 – 6 May 1974)[2] was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Millwall and Crystal Palace. He also played non-league football for Dover Town and Bedford Town.
Bumstead was born in Croydon,[3] and began his career with Millwall, making 12 appearances between 1946 and 1948. In August 1948,[3] he signed for Crystal Palace but did not make his debut until December, in a 1–0 home defeat to Newport County, going on to make 16 appearances that season.[4] Dick Graham was the first-choice 'keeper at the time and Bumstead was restricted to three games in 1949–50,[5] but made 24 appearances in 1950–51 when Graham's career was coming to an end.[6] Graham retired through injury in 1951[7] and Bumstead began the next season as first-choice, but played only 10 times before signing for Dover Town (a forerunner of Dover Athletic) in November that year.[3] He had made 53 League appearances (55 in all competitions) for Palace.[3]
Bumstead signed for Bedford Town in 1953[8] and went on to make 87 appearances in all competitions for the club.[8] By 1957–58 he was known to have retired as a player and was youth team coach at Millwall.[8]