Peter Gartland
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Gartland[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 May 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Seaham, England | ||
Date of death | June 1973[2] | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Manchester, England[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1914 | |||
1914–1918 | Manchester City | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Peter Gartland (14 May 1893 – June 1973) was an English professional football left back who made one appearance in the Football League for Manchester City.[1][3]
Personal life[]
Gartland served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War.[2] In September 1918 he received a small shrapnel wound in the leg from a gas shell, which necessitated the leg being amputated.[2]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester City | 1914–15[2] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 108. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d e "Peter Gartland – Service Record – Football and the First World War". Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ Ankers, Wayne. "Manchester City star's career ended when he lost a leg during First World War". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
Categories:
- 1893 births
- English footballers
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Field Artillery soldiers
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Seaham
- Association football fullbacks
- Seaham Harbour F.C. players
- 1973 deaths
- English amputees
- English football defender, 1890s birth stubs