fullname death_date caps goals birth_place nationalteam position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
charles george male 19 february 1998 285 0 west ham , london , england england right back , left half 19 1934 -- 1939 8 may 1910 george male
 george male 0
george male

charles george male -lrb- 8 may 1910 -- 19 february 1998 -rrb- was an english footballer .
born in west ham , london , male trialled with west ham united before playing with non-league clapton .
he joined arsenal as an amateur in november 1929 , turning professional in may 1930 and made his debut in a 7-1 victory over blackpool on 27 december 1930 .
initially a left-winger or left-half , usually deputising for bob john .
male 's appearances were few and far between - three in 1930-31 -lrb- in which arsenal won the first division for the first time in their history -rrb- and nine in 1931-32 , although he was a surprise choice at left half in the 1932 fa cup final after alex james was withdrawn because of injury and the side reshuffled as a result .
arsenal controversially lost 2-1 to newcastle united , after newcastle 's equaliser had come after the ball had already gone behind for a goal kick .
in 1932 , with arsenal 's current right back tom parker ageing and his replacement , leslie compton , not looking entirely assured , male was converted from left half to right back by arsenal manager herbert chapman ; male would later recount how , before being told of the switch by chapman , he entered his office fearing for his future at the club , but chapman convinced him not only could he play at right back , but that he was the best right back in the country .
bolstered by chapman 's pep talk , male slotted into the right back role easily , and he became a near ever-present for the next seven seasons ; he was undisputed first-choice right back and played over 35 matches for every season in that period .
during that time , arsenal won the first division four more times -lrb- 1932-33 , 1933-34 , 1934-35 and 1937-38 -rrb- , as well as the fa cup in 1935-36 .
male 's performances for club soon meant he was an international ; he made his debut for england against scotland on 14 november 1934 and went on to win nineteen caps for his country , captaining the team for six of them .
by the end of the 1930s , male was arsenal captain , although injuries restricted his appearances in 1938-39 .
however , world war ii intervened when male was 29 and at the peak of his career ; he played nearly 200 wartime matches for arsenal , as well as serving in the royal air force in palestine .
upon the resumption of league football male was 36 , but still played 8 times in arsenal 's 1947-48 first division-winning season , and thus became the first player in league history to play in six title-winning seasons .
his last match for arsenal was an 8-0 victory over grimsby town in may 1948 .
in all he played 318 matches for the gunners , though he never scored a goal .
after retiring from playing , male became a coach at arsenal , training the youth and reserve teams .
he was later a scout , discovering , amongst others , charlie george .
he was still at the club to see it win its first double in 1970-71 , before retiring finally in 1975 ; he later emigrated to canada to live with his son .
although at the time of his death in february 1998 , at the age of 87 , he was reported as being the last survivor of the herbert chapman era , ray bowden survived until september that year , and to a greater age -lrb- 89 -rrb- .
