Dick Wynn

Dick Wynn
Personal information
Full name Richard Cross Wynn[1]
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Walton, England
Date of death 9 August 1919 (aged 2627)[2]
Place of death Étaples, France[3]
Playing position Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Chester
1914–1915 Middlesbrough 7 (1)
1915–1918 Brentford (guest) 22

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Richard Cross "Dick" Wynn (1892–9 August 1919) was an English professional football outside left who appeared in the Football League for Middlesbrough.[4] He guested for Brentford during the First World War.[5]

Personal life

Wynn served as a sergeant in the Yorkshire Regiment and the Labour Corps during the First World War and died 9 months after the armistice, following an operation on his war wounds.[3] He was buried in Étaples Military Cemetery.[2]

References

  1. "Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription". search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  2. 1 2 "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  3. 1 2 "Boro Remember Fallen Heroes". www.mfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  4. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 321. ISBN 190589161X.
  5. Bees Review: Brentford Official Matchday Programme vs Hull City 03/11/15. Milton Keynes: Regal Sports Press. 2015. p. 67.


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