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English footballer

Douglas Hardcastle
Personal information
Full name Douglas Scott Hardcastle
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Worksop, England
Date of death 9 May 1915 (aged 29)
Place of death Hainaut, Belgium
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Worksop Town
1905 Derby County 5 (1)
Worksop Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Douglas Scott Hardcastle (1886 – 9 May 1915) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Derby County.

Personal life

Hardcastle worked as a stove grate patternmaker. He served as an appointed lance corporal in the Sherwood Foresters during the First World War and was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 May 1915. Hardcastle is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Derby County 1905–06 First Division 5 1 1 0 6 1
Career total 5 1 1 0 6 1

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 126. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Douglas Scott Hardcastle". www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. "Douglas Scott Hardcastle | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. "Douglas Scott Hardcastle". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.


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