Born: 10 April 1884

Born in: Greatham

Died: 31 December 1966

Other clubs: Christchurch, West Hartlepool, Middlesbrough (1904-06), Tottenham Hotspur (1906-07), West Bromwich Albion (1908-10), Spennymoor United (1910), Crystal Palace (1910-19), Hartlepools United (1919-23)

Signed from: Free transfer

Joined Liverpool: May 1907

Debut: 02 Sep 1907

Final appearance: 18 Apr 1908

Debut goal: 02 Sep 1907

Last goal: 28 Mar 1908

Contract until: 24.08.1908

League: Apps / Goals: 16 / 6

All Competitions: Apps / Goals: 16 / 6

Player Profile

Charles Hewitt, who was known as "Captain" because of his days as a naval skipper, joined Spurs from Middlesbrough in May 1906. It was a curious transfer at the time as it was fully expected he would sign for the Reds. However, Hewitt only heard of Liverpool's £400 bid for him after he had signed for Tottenham and before even making an appearance for the club wished to go to Anfield. Spurs wouldn't let him go and the Football Association ruled that Charles would have to honour his one-year contract. Charles featured regularly for Spurs during the 1906/07 season, scoring 12 goals in 43 appearances before leaving for Liverpool immediately as his contract expired. His older brother, Joe, was already in Liverpool's forward line. Charles scored six times in 16 first division appearances during his solitary campaign at the Reds. He scored on his debut on the opening day of the 1907/08 season at Nottingham Forest but Liverpool went down by three goals to one. Charles figured in 13 of the first 14 matches before losing his regular spot to Bobby Robinson. So having fought hard for a move to Anfield, Charles only lasted 12 months before signing for West Brom. The "Football Express" claimed in 1910 that Charles "never really fell into the “Reds” style."

After retiring as a player in 1919, Charles Hewitt had a somewhat successful career as manager, promoting Chester to the Football League and taking Millwall out of Third Division South in 1938. He also got Millwall as far as to the FA Cup semi-finals in 1937. World War II intervened and Charles and the Lions went their separate ways until in 1948 when he was appointed the club's manager again. He did not achieve as much success in his second spell and was sacked in 1956 after failing to get Millwall out of the Third Division.

Hewitt seemed to be a bona fide guardian angel as when he joined Liverpool in 1907 he had been awarded Human Society medals for saving lives, eleven in total!