Jack Sheffield (footballer)

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Jack Sheffield
Personal information
Full name John Davenport Sheffield[1]
Date of birth 1879
Place of birth Coalville, England
Date of death 13 March 1915 (aged 35–36)[2]
Place of death Neuve-Chapelle, France[2]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Whitwick White Cross
Coalville Town
Coalville Wednesday
1902–1903 Burton United 12 (0)
Coalville Town
1904–1905 Leicester Fosse 2 (0)
Loughborough Corinthians
Ibstock Albion
Coalville Excelsior
Ibstock Albion
Coalville Wednesday
Coalville Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

John Davenport Sheffield (1879 – 13 March 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Burton United and Leicester Fosse as an outside right.[1]

Personal life[]

Sheffield apprenticed as an architect and surveyor and as of 1911 was assisting his family in the running of the Railway Hotel, Coalville.[3][4] He served as a corporal in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment during the Second Boer War and later rejoined the regiment soon after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.[5] On 13 March 1915, Sheffield was shot in the head and killed by a sniper on the final day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.[5][6] He is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.[2]

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester Fosse 1904–05[7] Second Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 2 0 0 0 2 0

References[]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 262. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Have you a Tiger in your family?". Royal Leicestershire Regiment Online Archive. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ^ Jack Sheffield on Lives of the First World War
  5. ^ a b "Leicester Fosse & The First World War: Jack Sheffield". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Coalville soldier killed – Corpl. J. D. Sheffield". Coalville Times. 2 April 1915. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Jack Sheffield | Leicester City career stats". FoxesHistory. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.


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