Harrison Eke
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | February 1888[1] | ||
Place of birth | Oakington, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 30 April 1917 | (aged 29)||
Place of death | Bexleyheath, England | ||
Position(s) | Inside-right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
St. Mary's Cray | |||
1913 | Southampton | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Harrison Eke (February 1888 – 30 April 1917) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside-right in the Southern Football League for Southampton.[1]
Personal life[]
Eke worked as a milkhand.[1] On 21 September 1914, a month after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers.[2] Serving as a private, Eke contracted tuberculosis during service and was medically discharged on 7 June 1916.[2] He died of the disease on 30 April 1917 in Bexleyheath and was buried in Bexleyheath Cemetery.[1][2][3]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Southampton | 1913–14[1] | Southern League First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "Harrison Eke". SaintsPlayers. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ a b c McMullen, Iain. "Harrison Eke | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Casualty Details: H Eke". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1888 births
- 1917 deaths
- People from Oakington
- Sportspeople from Cambridgeshire
- Association football inside forwards
- English footballers
- Southern Football League players
- Southampton F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Fusiliers soldiers
- 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis deaths in England
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs