Sidney Wheelhouse

Sidney Wheelhouse
Personal information
Full name Sidney Wheelhouse[1]
Date of birth 1888
Place of birth Darlington, England
Date of death 19 September 1916 (aged 2728)[2]
Place of death France[2]
Playing position Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1905 Bishop Auckland
1906–1907 Shildon Athletic
1907–1915 Grimsby Town 234 (3)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Sidney Wheelhouse (1888 – 19 September 1916) was an English professional football right back, best remembered for his eight years in the Football League with Grimsby Town.[1]

Career

A right back, Wheelhouse began his career with Northern League clubs Bishop Auckland and Shildon Athletic before moving to the Football League to sign for Division Two club Grimsby Town in 1907.[2] He was a regular with the Mariners for the next eight seasons and went on to captain the club, before leaving at the end of 1914–15.[2] He returned to Blundell Park in 1916 to play in a wartime charity match.[2]

Personal life

Wheelhouse was married and had three children.[2] He fought with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) (more popularly known as the 1st Football Battalion) during the First World War and rose to the rank of lance corporal.[2] He saw action at Delville Wood and Guillemont in July and August 1916.[2] On 18 September, Wheelhouse was part of a working party which was mined while sheltering from a mortar attack and within 24 hours, he and every member of the party was dead.[2] He is buried in Couin British Cemetery.[3]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grimsby Town 1907–08 Second Division 30050350
1908–09 Second Division 38010390
1909–10 Second Division 37010380
1910–11 Midland League
1911–12 Second Division 32110331
1912–13 Second Division 37110381
1913–14 Second Division 36010370
1914–15 Second Division 24010250
Total 23431002443

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 307. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Sid Wheelhouse - Grimsby Town and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  3. "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
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