Alfred Ernest Chalk (27 November 1874 – 25 June 1954) was a

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Railway clerk and

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who competed in the

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. 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.

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Alfred Chalk profile (olympics.com)

1874 births 1954 deaths English footballers English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic footballers of Great Britain Footballers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Upton Park F.C. players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Association football midfielders People from Plaistow, Newham {{England-footy-midfielder-1870s-stub