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Harry Springthorpe
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(1915-11-03) (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 was killed during the hour-long bombardment and was buried at sea.[3] He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 274. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. ^ "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 31 December 2015.