| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harold Thomas Springthorpe | ||
| Date of birth | 28 April 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Tinwell, England | ||
| Date of death | 3 November 1915(1915-11-03) (aged 29) | ||
| Place of death | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| 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. He represented the England amateur national team and English Wanderers.
Personal life
Springthorpe attended Stamford School and trained as a bank clerk before working for Barclays. He transferred to the Grimsby branch. After the outbreak of the First World War, Springthorpe enlisted as a lance corporal in the Lincolnshire Yeomanry in October 1914. 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. Springthorpe died of wounds caused by a shell blast during the hour-long bombardment and was buried at sea. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
References
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 274. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "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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- English men's footballers
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- Footballers from Rutland
- Men's association football inside forwards
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- British Army personnel of World War I
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