Edward Miller Carr (3 October 1917 – 1998) was an English professional

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and

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Career

Born in

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, Carr started his career at

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, joining in 1935 but he spent the first two years of his career there on loan at their nursery club,

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. He returned to Arsenal in August 1937 and made his debut against

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on 16 February 1938; he went on to score seven times in eleven games to help Arsenal win the 1937–38 title. However, he suffered a serious knee injury in a game at the start of the following season which seemingly finished his career. During the

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he returned to his hometown to work at the local pit but upon the end of hostilities, he returned to playing football with

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. They compete in , the third tier of English football league system, English football. Huddersfield Town we ...

. He later played for Newport County,

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

and

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, whom he later also managed.

Honours

As a player

* Southern League Central Section Title winner: 1935–36 *Southern League Eastern Section Title winner: 1935–36 *Southern League Midweek Section Title winner: 1936–37 *Kent Senior Cup winner: 1935–36, 1936–37

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: 1937-38

Managerial statistics

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* 1917 births 1998 deaths People from Wheatley Hill Footballers from County Durham English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Arsenal F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. wartime guest players English football managers Darlington F.C. managers English Football League players 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-1910s-stub