Herbert Charles Lawrence Kingaby (1880-1934)[1] was an English footballer, an outside right[2] for Clapton Orient, Aston Villa, Fulham and Peterborough City.
He played part-time for Clapton Orient, in the Southern League before being sold to Aston Villa for £300 (2012: £27,000) in March 1906.
[2] Villa signed Kingaby for the football maximum wage of £4 a week but after two months were unimpressed with his ability.
[2] In March 1912, Charles Sutcliffe helped establish the legality of the league transfer system when he was successfully retained by Aston Villa during the Kingaby case before Justice A.T.
The Players' Union funded his legal costs but an erroneous strategy by Kingaby's counsel resulted in the suit being dismissed.