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'''Harold Thomas Springthorpe''' (28 April 1886 – 3 November 1915) was an English amateur [[Association football|football]] [[inside forward]] who played in the [[The Football League|Football League]] for [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]].<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |last=Joyce |first=Michael |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn= |
'''Harold Thomas Springthorpe''' (28 April 1886 – 3 November 1915) was an English amateur [[Association football|football]] [[inside forward]] who played in the [[The Football League|Football League]] for [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]].<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |last=Joyce |first=Michael |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=274}}</ref> He represented the [[England national amateur football team|England amateur national team]] and English Wanderers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslAm.html |title=England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939 |website=www.englandfootballonline.com |access-date=31 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="shonamcisaac">{{Cite web |url=http://www.shonamcisaac.com/a53f092c-e248-eb94-a50d-23df9b0a06e7 |title=Grimsby Town Football Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315235248/http://www.shonamcisaac.com/a53f092c-e248-eb94-a50d-23df9b0a06e7 |archive-date=15 March 2011 |access-date=6 August 2017}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Revision as of 16:27, 27 February 2021
| 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 (aged 29)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Mediterranean Sea[3] | ||
| Position(s) | 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) |
| International career | |||
| 1910 | England Amateurs | 1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Harold Thomas 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 and English Wanderers.[4][3]
Personal life
Springthorpe attended Stamford School and later trained as a bank clerk before working for Barclays.[3] He later transferred to the Grimsby branch.[3] Two months after the outbreak of the First World War, Springthorpe enlisted as a lance corporal in the Lincolnshire Yeomanry in October 1914.[3] The unit was being transported to Salonika aboard the SS Mercian on 3 November 1915 when the ship was attacked in the Mediterranean by SM U-38.[3] Springthorpe died of wounds caused by a shell blast during the hour-long bombardment and was buried at sea.[3][5] He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.[2]
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 274. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "Lincs to the Past". Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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- 1886 births
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- Sportspeople from Rutland
- English footballers
- English Football League players
- Association football inside forwards
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Lincolnshire Yeomanry soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- England amateur international footballers
- Southern Football League players
- People educated at Stamford School
- Burials at sea
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs