Joe Hisbent

Joe Hisbent
Personal information
Full name Joseph Henry Hisbent[1]
Date of birth 29 December 1881
Place of birth Plymouth, England
Date of death March 1953 (aged 71)[1]
Place of death Plymouth, England
Playing position Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Green Waves
1905 Aston Villa 2 (0)
Portsmouth
Brentford
Darlington
1911–1914 Middlesbrough 44 (0)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Joseph Henry "Joe" Hisbent (29 December 1881–March 1953) was an English professional football right back who played in the Football League for Middlesbrough and Aston Villa.[1]

Personal life

Along with some of his Middlesbrough teammates, Hisbent enlisted in the 12th (Service) Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment during the First World War.[2] He held the rank of corporal and later served in the Worcestershire Regiment.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 139. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. Menzies, Paul (2014). Great War Britain Middlesbrough: Remembering 1914-18. The History Press. ISBN 0752499718.
  3. "Medal Index Cards Transcription". search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
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