Henry Cook (footballer)

Henry Cook

Personal information
Date of birth	1893
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, England
Date of death	9 January 1917(1917-01-09) (aged 23–24)
Place of death	Maurepas, France
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	South Bank
1912–1915	Middlesbrough	23	(0)
1915–1916	→ Brentford (guest)	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Cook (1893 – 9 January 1917), sometimes known as Harry Cook, was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Middlesbrough. He also played for South Bank and appeared as a guest for Brentford during the First World War.

Personal life

Prior to becoming a professional footballer, Cook was a teacher at Marton Road School and North Ormesby Junior Boys' School in Middlesbrough and had a wife and two children. During the First Word War he served as a sergeant in the 12th (Service) Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment, known as the Teeside Pioneers. He was wounded in early January 1917 while the battalion was engaged in road works in the vicinity of Maurepas, Somme. He died of his wounds of 9 January 1917 and is buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Méaulte. At the time of his death, Cook had been accepted for a commission and would have returned to England three days later to begin officer training.