Harry Taylor (footballer, born 1881)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Henry Taylor[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1881 | ||
Place of birth | Falkirk, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 27 May 1917 (aged 35–36)[2] | ||
Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
Position(s) | Right half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Cowie Wanderers | |||
King's Park | |||
1911 | Dundee Hibernian | 3 | (0) |
Falkirk | 2 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Henry "Harry" Taylor (1881 – 27 May 1917) was a Scottish professional football right half who played in the Scottish League for Dundee Hibernian and Falkirk.[1][3]
Personal life
Taylor worked as a brakesman for the Callandar Coal Company.[1] He served as a private in the Gordon Highlanders during the First World War and was killed in France on 27 May 1917.[1] He was buried in Brown's Copse Cemetery, Rœux.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/pdf_Season_1916-1917_(Fell).pdf
- ^ a b Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "Henry Taylor - Player Statistics (The Dundee United Football Club Historical Archive)". www.dufcarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
Categories:
- Scottish footballers
- 1917 deaths
- British military personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- 1881 births
- Scottish Football League players
- King's Park F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Falkirk
- Gordon Highlanders soldiers
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Scottish miners
- Scottish football biography stubs
- Association football wing halves