Percy Lynsdale
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Percy Lynsdale | ||
| Date of birth | July 1, 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Basra, Iraq | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1955 | Al-Mina'a | ||
| International career | |||
| 1951 | Iraq | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Percy Lynsdale (Template:Lang-ar), (born 1928) is an Iraqi former international football player who was one of the first players to play in first Iraq national football team. He also played for Al-Minaa.[1] [2][3]
Early years
Percy’s father had come to Iraq after WWI as an officer in the British Army and settled there after finding work in Iraq’s developing railway industry. He married a local woman and the family lived in Baghdad until Percy graduated from college and left the capital to live in Basra, and work as a clerk for the Basra Petroleum Company (B.P.C.) and the Al-Minaa Club, he also played for Al-Minaa team.[4][5]
International career
In April 1951, Lynsdale started playing for the first Iraq national football team, He was called by coach Dhia Habib to play in the first international friendly in the history of Iraqi football.[1] On 6 May 1951, Lynsdale played his first international against Turkey B in Turkey, which ended 7–0 for Turkey B.[1] [2]
Travel to study abroad
After the Iraqi team return to Baghdad, Lynsdale and his friend the player Saeed Easho left to study abroad, and never returned to Iraq.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Mubarak, Hassanin. "International Results 1951-1959". Iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on 2006-06-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b Mahmoud, Shokri (June 3, 2009). "The first match for Iraq national team in 1951". kooora.com (in Arabic).
- ^ Homaidi, Karim Allawi. "Basra in the memory of its people" (PDF). Basra Heritage Center in The Holy Abbasid Shrine; Basra 2016.
- ^ a b Mubarak, Hassanin (September 3, 2013). "THREE LIONS: THE BIRTH OF ASOOD AL-RAFIDAIN". iraqsport.wordpress.com.
- ^ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Three Lions: The birth of the Lions of Mesopotamia". Ahdaaf.me. Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
External links
- Iraqi national team players database
- Iraq - Record International Players/Hassanin Mubarak
- History of Iraqi Sports, 1951
- Al-Minaa Club: Sailors of south
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