Walter Sidebottom

Walter Sidebottom
Personal information
Date of birth	2 February 1921
Place of birth	Hunslet, England
Date of death	23 October 1943 (aged 22)
Place of death	HMS Charybdis, English Channel
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1938–1941	Bolton Wanderers
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Sidebottom (1 February 1921 – 23 October 1943) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in the English Football League for Bolton Wanderers.^[1]

Personal life

Sidebottom served as an able seaman in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.^[2] Posted aboard HMS Charybdis, he was killed in action when the ship was sunk by German E-boats at the Battle of Sept-Îles on 23 October 1943.^[3] Sidebottom is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.^[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bolton Wanderers	1938–39	First Division^[1]	1	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			1	0	0	0	1	0

References

^ ^a ^b Walter Sidebottom at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b "Casualty Details: Walter Sidebottom". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 123. ISBN 978 0 7524 7188 4.

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[ENFA-1] Walter Sidebottom at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

[CWGC-2] "Casualty Details: Walter Sidebottom". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[GMFGP-3] Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 123. ISBN 978 0 7524 7188 4.

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