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John Harkins
Personal information
Full name John Anderson Harkins[1]
Date of birth 10 April 1881
Place of birth Milton, Scotland
Date of death 22 April 1916(1916-04-22) (aged 35)[1]
Place of death Amarah, Ottoman Iraq
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Black Watch
1906–1908 Middlesbrough 39 (0)
1908–1909 Broxburn Athletic
1909–1910 Bathgate
1910–1912 Leeds City 63 (0)
1912–1914 Darlington
1914–1915 Coventry City 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Anderson Harkins (10 April 1881 – 22 April 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leeds City and Middlesbrough.[2][3][4]

Personal life

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Harkins enlisted in the Black Watch in June 1898 and was bought out of the army by Middlesbrough in September 1906.[5][6] Soon after Britain's entry into the First World War in August 1914, Harkins re-enlisted in the Black Watch.[2] He was serving as an acting corporal when he was killed in action near Amarah, Iraq on 22 April 1916.[5] He was buried in Amara War Cemetery.[1]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough 1906–07[3] First Division 30 0 2 0 32 0
1907–08[3] 9 0 0 0 9 0
Total 39 0 2 0 41 0
Leeds City 1910–11[7] Second Division 31 0 1 0 32 0
1911–12[7] 32 0 2 0 34 0
Total 63 0 3 0 66 0
Coventry City 1914–15[3] Southern League Second Division 18 1 0 0 18 1
Career total 120 1 5 0 125 1

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "John Harkins". 11v11.com. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Players – John Harkins 1910–12". The Definitive History of Leeds United. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b "John Anderson Harkins | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  6. ^ Hornby, Mark. "Coventry City remembers the former players who served during the First World War". Coventry City. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Leeds City Players Details : No.73 : Harkins, John Anderson (John)". Leeds United F.C. History. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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