Harry Dutfield
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | December 1879[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England[2] | ||
| Date of death | 6 June 1918 (aged 38) | ||
| Place of death | Poperinge, Belgium | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1899–1902 | Beddington Corner | ||
| 1902 | Brentford | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Harry Dutfield (December 1879 – 6 June 1918) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Southern Football League for Brentford.[3]
Personal life[]
Dutfield worked as a leather dresser and married Louisa Brown in 1899.[2] In May 1917, two-and-a-half-years after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the 4th (Reserve) Battalion of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment in Leicester, being posted to France in October.[2] Private Dutfield was killed in action at Poperinge on 6 June 1918 and was buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, west of Poperinge.[3][2][4] His eldest son, Private George Henry Dutfield of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), was killed in April 1918.[5]
Career statistics[]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brentford | 1902–03[3] | Southern League First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
References[]
- ^ Harry Dutfield on Lives of the First World War
- ^ a b c d "Dutfield, Harry". The Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ a b c Lane, Dave (10 November 2019). "Brentford Football Club – Remembering the Fallen – 2019". Beesotted. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Harry Dutfield". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Casualty Details: George Henry Dutfield". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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- 1879 births
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- Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Association football fullbacks
- English footballers
- Southern Football League players
- Brentford F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Leicestershire Regiment soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
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