From The Archives - Arthur Chandler’s Shirt Crests

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From The Archives - Arthur Chandler’s Shirt Crests

Our all-time record goalscorer, Arthur Chandler, began his professional career at Queens Park Rangers in September 1920.

2026-04-17T10:40+01:00

by John Hutchinson

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From The Archives - Arthur Chandler’s Shirt Crests

Our all-time record goalscorer, Arthur Chandler, began his professional career at Queens Park Rangers in September 1920.

John Hutchinson

2026-04-17T10:40+01:00

From The Archives - Arthur Chandler’s Shirt Crests

Our all-time record goalscorer, Arthur Chandler, began his professional career at Queens Park Rangers in September 1920.

John Hutchinson

2026-04-17T10:40+01:00

From The Archives - Arthur Chandler’s Shirt Crests

Our all-time record goalscorer, Arthur Chandler, began his professional career at Queens Park Rangers in September 1920.

John Hutchinson

2026-04-17T10:40+01:00

From The Archives - Arthur Chandler’s Shirt Crests

Our all-time record goalscorer, Arthur Chandler, began his professional career at Queens Park Rangers in September 1920.

John Hutchinson

2026-04-17T10:40+01:00

It was the London side’s first season as a Football League outfit, as members of the newly-formed old Third Division. When he signed for Leicester City in June 1923, he was already approaching his 28th birthday and had only scored 18 goals for the Loftus Road club.

What happened next defied belief. Between 1923 and 1935, when he was nearly 40, Arthur netted an incredible total of 273 goals in 419 games, including 17 hat-tricks, for us. This is still a Club record.

Some 203 of these goals were in the top flight. However, although he played in three England international trials, scoring in all three, he was never picked for the Three Lions.

He was, however, selected to represent the Football League against the Scottish league in 1927. This match was at Filbert Street on 19 March, 1927. The attendance was 26,000. The programme for the game is in the Club’s archive. England drew 2-2.

On this occasion, Chandler did not find the net, the England goals coming from Tottenham Hotspur’s Jack Elkes and Aston Villa’s Billy Walker. Arthur’s shield-shaped shirt crest from this match is illustrated here.

The Three Lions crest also belonged to Arthur. In 1929, he was selected for the FA’s tour to South Africa and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

On this tour, he was described in the local press as ‘easily the best centre-forward ever to have come to this country. He can shoot like a gun.’ He scored 33 goals in 16 games, including six in the three ‘test matches’ against South Africa.

Both crests are on display in the reception area at King Power Stadium.

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