Harry Springthorpe

Harry Springthorpe
Personal information
Full name Harold Thomas Springthorpe[1]
Date of birth 28 April 1886
Place of birth Tinwell, England
Date of death 3 November 1915(1915-11-03) (aged 29)[2]
Place of death Gallipoli, Turkey[2]
Playing position Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Stamford Town
Wolverton
Northampton Town
1908–1909 Grimsby Town 22 (6)
Grimsby Rangers
1911–1912 Grimsby Town 3 (0)
National team
1910 England Amateurs 1 (1)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Harold Thomas "Harry" Springthorpe (28 April 1886–3 November 1915) was an English amateur football inside forward who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town.[1] He represented the England amateur national team.[3]

Personal life

Springthorpe served as a lance corporal in the Lincolnshire Yeomanry during the First World War and was killed at Gallipoli on 3 November 1915.[2] He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 274. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  3. "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
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