Charles John Caborn (born 1856) was a football player who played for Nottingham Forest.[1] He was educated at Nottingham High School.[2]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles John Caborn | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1856 | ||
| Place of birth | Nottingham | ||
| Position(s) | Back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Nottingham Castle | |||
| 1878-1888 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Caborn played for Nottingham Castle FC and captained them from 1876. He moved to Forest when the Castle club disbanded in 1878.[2]
Caborn was a back for Nottingham Forest and made 32 FA Cup appearances as well as in many friendly games.[1] There was no league in these seasons. He appeared in the first known photograph of Nottingham Forest for the season 1878-79.[1]
His first known appearance was on 14 October 1878 in a friendly against Stoke and made his competitive debut in Forest's first-ever FA Cup 1st Round against Notts County.[1]
He played in the Nottingham Forest side that are the only English team to play an FA Cup Semi-Final in Scotland when they played Queens Park in Edinburgh in the 1885.[1]
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