Arthur Samson

Arthur Samson
Personal information
Full name Ambrose Arthur Samson
Date of birth (1897-10-14)14 October 1897
Place of birth Measham, Leicestershire, England
Date of death 1980 (aged 82)
Place of death Coalville, Leicestershire, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Measham Town
1922–1923 Birmingham 2 (0)
1923–19?? Burton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ambrose Arthur Samson (14 October 1897 – 1980) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham. He played as a goalkeeper.

Samson was born in Measham, Leicestershire, and began his football career with Measham Town before joining Birmingham in 1922. He made his debut in the First Division on 3 March 1923, deputising for Dan Tremelling in a game at Preston North End which Birmingham won 3–2. Tremelling's form restricted Samson to two appearances that season, at the end of which he returned to non-league football with Burton Town.

The 1939 Register lists Samson as living with his wife, Elsie, in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, and working as a colliery winding engineer. He died in 1980 in Coalville, Leicestershire, at the age of 82.