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Joe Carr
Personal information
Full name Joseph Carr
Date of birth Q1 1919 (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

Carr served as a gunner in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War and was killed during the Battle of Dunkirk on 31 May 1940.[2][3] He is buried at the Oostduinkerke War Cemetery.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
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

  1. ^ a b c d e Joe Carr at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c "Casualty Details: Joseph Carr". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. ^ 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.