Joe Carr (English footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Carr | ||
Date of birth | Q1 1919[1] | ||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England[1] | ||
Date of death | (aged 21)[2] | ||
Place of death | Dunkirk, France | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1937–1940 | Sheffield United | 30 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Joseph Carr (Q1 1919 – 31 May 1940) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Sheffield United.[1]
Personal life
On 16 October 1939, a month and a half after the outbreak of the Second World War, Carr attested in the British Army under the Militia Act.[3] Serving as a gunner in the Royal Artillery, he was killed during the Battle of Dunkirk on 31 May 1940.[2][4] He is buried at the Oostduinkerke War Cemetery.[2]
Career statistics
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Sheffield United | 1937–38 | Second Division[1] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1938–39 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
1939–40 | First Division[1] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Career total | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b c d e Joe Carr at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details: Joseph Carr". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Footballer Killed in Action". Midland Daily Telegraph. 7 June 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 11 October 2022 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4.
Categories:
- 1919 births
- 1940 deaths
- Footballers from Sheffield
- Men's association football fullbacks
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Royal Artillery soldiers
- Military personnel from Sheffield
- British Army personnel killed in World War II
- English football defender, 1910s birth stubs