Henry Hargreaves (footballer)

Henry Hargreaves
Personal information
Full name	Henry Hargreaves
Date of birth	1893
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England
Date of death	9 December 1917 (aged 24)
Place of death	Pas-de-Calais, France
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Newcastle Town
1912–1915	Stoke
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Hargreaves (1893 – 9 December 1917) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.^[1]

Career

Hargreaves was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played for Newcastle Town before joining Stoke in 1912.^[1] He played 42 times for Stoke in three seasons with the club scoring five goals before being called up to the army in 1916 during the First World War. He was killed in action in France on 9 December 1917, serving as a private in the North Staffordshire Regiment.^[1]^[3]^[2]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1912–13^[1]	Southern League First Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1913–14^[1]	Southern League Second Division	9	1	0	0	9	1
	1914–15^[4]	Southern League Second Division	23	4	4	1	27	5
Career Total			38	4	4	1	42	5

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ Smith, Peter (9 November 2018). "The heroic and tragic stories of the 21 names Stoke City honoured in Remembrance". stokesentinel. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ "Stoke Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 October 2019.