John Tosswill
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Speare Tosswill[1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 August 1890 | ||
Place of birth | Eastbourne, England | ||
Date of death | 28 September 1915[2] | (aged 25)||
Place of death | Eastbourne, England[3] | ||
Position(s) | Inside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1906–1907 | Eastbourne | ||
1907–1908 | Hastings & St Leonards United | ||
1908–1909 | Aberdare Town | ||
1909–1910 | Tunbridge Wells Rangers | ||
1910–1911 | Maidstone United | ||
1911–1912 | Queens Park Rangers | 3 | (1) |
1912–1913 | Liverpool | 11 | (1) |
1913 | Southend United | ||
1913–1914 | Coventry City | 17 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
John Speare Tosswill (6 August 1890 – 28 September 1915), sometimes known as Jack Tosswill,[4] was an English professional football inside right who played in the Football League for Liverpool.[1][3] His partial deafness "used to cause some curious happenings in football matches, for he was not able to hear the referee's signal and oftimes was seen to proceed to score goals while the crowd and other players were waiting to take a free kick!".[5]
Personal life[]
Tosswill was partially deaf.[5] He enlisted as a corporal in the Royal Engineers soon after Britain's entry into the First World War in August 1914.[5] Tosswill died before he could serve overseas, after an operation at Eastbourne Military Hospital, following an illness.[2][3][5][6] He was buried in Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne.[2]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Queens Park Rangers | 1911–12[7] | Southern League First Division | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | |
Liverpool | 1912–13[8] | First Division | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Coventry City | 1913–14[8] | Southern League Second Division | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
Career total | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
References[]
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 290. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "Tosswill John Image 1 Queen's Park Rangers 1911". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "The Original Blue Army" (PDF). p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d Hornby, Mark (4 August 2014). "Coventry City remembers the former players who served during the First World War". www.ccfc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "John Speare Tosswill | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "QPRnet – Seasonal Stats – Files – 1911–12". Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ a b "John Tosswill". 11v11.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
External links[]
- 1890 births
- English footballers
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Association football inside forwards
- English Football League players
- 1915 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Royal Engineers soldiers
- Sportspeople from Eastbourne
- Eastbourne Town F.C. players
- Hastings & St Leonards United F.C. players
- Aberdare Town F.C. players
- Tunbridge Wells F.C. players
- Maidstone United F.C. (1897) players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Southend United F.C. players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Deaf association football players
- Southern Football League players
- Deaf people from England
- English football forward, 1890s birth stubs