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Samuel Gunton
Personal information
Full name Samuel Arthur Gunton[1]
Date of birth 1883
Place of birth Norwich, England
Date of death 1959 (aged 75–76)[1]
Place of death Norwich, England
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1910 Norwich City
1910–1911 Doncaster Rovers (0)
1911–1912 Gainsborough Trinity 30 (0)
1912–1913 Burnley 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Arthur Gunton (1883–1959) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Gainsborough Trinity and Burnley as a right back.[1][2][3]

Personal life

Gunton served in the Norfolk Regiment between 1899 and 1908.[4] After the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, he was recalled to the army and served as a sergeant with the Norfolk Regiment and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the war.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 120. ISBN 9781905891610.
  2. ^ a b "Free bmd entry info". Free BMD. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Samuel Arthur Gunton | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. ^ Bluff, Tony (2011). Donny:Doncaster Rovers F.C. The Complete History (1879–2010). Yore Publications. ISBN 978 0 9569848 3 8.