Matthew Armstrong (26 January 1919 – 12 July 1941) was an English footballer who made 38 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half for Darlington in the 1930s. He joined Aston Villa in 1939 – a preview in the Daily Express highlighted him as one of "two young defenders who look as if they have that certain Soccer something" – but he never played for Villa's first team before the league was abandoned for the duration of the Second World War. Armstrong was killed during the Second World War while serving as a private in 149 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. He was 22, and is commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial. References 1919 births 1941 deaths People from High Spen Footballers from Tyne and Wear Footballers from County Durham English footballers Association football wing halves Darlington F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Military personnel from County Durham English Football League players Royal Army Medical Corps soldiers British Army personnel killed in World War II Place of death missing