Tom Rowlandson
 Rowlandson while with Old Carthusians in 1903 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1880 | ||
| Place of birth | Newton Morrell, England | ||
| Date of death | 15 September 1916 (aged 36)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Somme, France[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Cambridge University | |||
| Corinthian | |||
| 1902 | Preston North End | 0 | (0) |
| 1903–1904 | Sunderland | 7 | (0) |
| Corinthian | |||
| 1905 | Newcastle United | 1 | (0) |
| Corinthian | |||
| Old Carthusians | |||
| Corinthian | |||
| Darlington | |||
| International career | |||
| 1906 | England Amateurs | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson MC (1880 – 15 September 1916) was an English amateur football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for Sunderland and Newcastle United.[1] He represented the England amateur national team.[3]
Personal life
Rowlandson attended Charterhouse School and was a Cambridge University blue.[3][4] After the breakout of the First World War in August 1914, he joined the British Army and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Regiment.[2] By April 1915 he was in Belgium, fighting in the Second Battle of Ypres.[3] By 1 January 1916, he had been promoted to captain, mentioned in dispatches and won the Military Cross.[3] Rowlandson was killed by a German grenade on 15 September 1916, during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette.[2] He is buried at Bécourt Military Cemetery in Bécordel-Bécourt.[2]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sunderland | 1903–04[5] | Football League First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1904–05[6] | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Newcastle United | 1905–06[4] | Football League First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 253. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b c d e "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d Lloyd, Chris. "'The finest type of Englishman'". The Northern Echo. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
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- ^ "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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