Henry Cook (footballer)

Henry Cook
Personal information
Date of birth 1893[1]
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England[1]
Date of death 9 January 1917(1917-01-09) (aged 23–24)[1]
Place of death Maurepas, France[2]
Playing position Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
South Bank
1912–1915 Middlesbrough 23 (0)
1915–1916 Brentford (guest) 10 (0)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Henry Cook (1893 – 9 January 1917), sometimes known as Harry Cook, was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Middlesbrough.[1] He also played for South Bank and appeared as a guest for Brentford during the First World War.[3]

Personal life

Prior to becoming a professional footballer, Cook was a teacher at Marton Road School and North Ormesby Junior Boys' School in Middlesbrough and had a wife and two children.[4][5] During the First Word War he served as a sergeant in the 12th (Service) Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment, known as the Teeside Pioneers.[4] He was wounded in early January 1917 while the battalion was engaged in road works in the vicinity of Maurepas, Somme.[2] He died of his wounds of 9 January 1917 and is buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Méaulte.[4] At the time of his death, Cook had been accepted for a commission and would have returned to England three days later to begin officer training.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 64. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 http://www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/pdf-files/bob%20coulson/mbro-war-memorial-c.pdf
  3. ↑ "Remember & Honour – The WW1 Brentford Players | Beesotted". beesotted.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
  4. 1 2 3 Bell, Graham. "Boro War Heroes on TV". www.mfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
  5. 1 2 Menzies, Paul (2014). Great War Britain Middlesbrough: Remembering 1914-18. The History Press. ISBN 0752499718.
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