Sam Lyon

Sam Lyon
Personal information
Full name	Samuel Lyon
Date of birth	20 November 1890
Place of birth	Prescot, England
Date of death	1 July 1916 (aged 25)
Place of death	Somme, France
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Prescot
1912–1914	Hull City
1914	Barnsley
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Lyon (20 November 1890 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional football centre forward who played in the Football League for Barnsley and Hull City.^[1]

Personal life

Lyon served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and was killed on the first day on the Somme.^[3] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.^[2]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barnsley	1914–15^[4]	Second Division	8	3	0	0	8	3
Career total			8	3	0	0	8	3

References

^ ^a ^b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 180. ISBN 190589161X.
^ ^a ^b "Casualty". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ LTD, Digital Sports Group. "In Remembrance – Hull City Mad". www.hullcity-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Barnsley Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 7 June 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

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[Joyce-1] Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 180. ISBN 190589161X.

[CWGC-2] "Casualty". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 15 September 2017.

[3] LTD, Digital Sports Group. "In Remembrance – Hull City Mad". www.hullcity-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2017.

[4] "Barnsley Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 7 June 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

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