Larrett Roebuck

Larrett Roebuck
Personal information
Date of birth March 1889
Place of birth Jump, South Yorkshire, England
Date of death 18 October 1914
Place of death Beaucamps-Ligny, France
Playing position Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1913–1914 Huddersfield Town 17 (0)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Larrett Roebuck (March 1889 – 18 October 1914) was an English professional footballer who played for Huddersfield Town as a left back.

He was a British Army lance corporal who was killed in action during World War I in 1914. He was the first player from the English Football League to be killed in the First World War.[1]

References

  1. "First League player killed in the First World War". When Saturday Comes. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.


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