fullname death_date death_place birth_place nationalteam position nationalyears birth_date article_title name
alfred erskine chalk 25 june 1954 bridge , kent , england plaistow , greater london , england great britain -lrb- as upton park -rrb- right half 1900 27 november 1874 alfred chalk
 alfred chalk
alfred chalk

alfred ernest chalk -lrb- 27 november 1874 -- 25 june 1954 -rrb- was a british railway clerk and football player who competed in the 1900 olympic games .
he was well known in london football circles at the turn of the century .
he played for ilford , barking woodville , and essex county , and was right-half for upton park when they won the gold medal in the 1900 olympics .
according to the limited reports which reached london from paris , chalk was one of the olympic side 's outstanding players .
he was one of 18 children of a railway station manager and followed in his father 's profession by becoming a railway clerk .
