Tom Rowlandson

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Tom Rowlandson
Tom Rowlandson, English footballer, Old Carthusians, 1903.jpg
Rowlandson while with Old Carthusians in 1903
Personal information
Full name Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson[1]
Date of birth June 1880[2]
Place of birth Newton Morrell, England
Date of death 15 September 1916 (1916-09-16) (aged 36)[3]
Place of death Flers-Courcelette, France[4]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1902 Cambridge University
1902–1907 Corinthian
1902–1903 Preston North End 0 (0)
1903–1904 Sunderland 12 (0)
1905–1906 Newcastle United 1 (0)
Old Carthusians
Darlington
National team
1906–1907 England Amateurs 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson MC (June 1880 – 15 September 1916) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Sunderland and Newcastle United as a goalkeeper.[1] He represented the England amateur national team.[5]

Personal life[]

Rowlandson attended Charterhouse School and Trinity College was a Cambridge University blue.[5][6] After the breakout of the First World War in August 1914, he gave over his farmhouse for use as a hospital supply depot.[4] Rowlandson subsequently enlisted in the British Army in Northallerton and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Regiment on 5 September 1914.[5][4] By 17 April 1915, he was on the Western Front, fighting in the Second Battle of Ypres.[4] By 1 January 1916, he had been promoted to captain, mentioned in dispatches and won the Military Cross.[4] Rowlandson was killed after being hit in the shoulder by a German grenade on 15 September 1916,[6] during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette.[4] He was buried at Bécourt Military Cemetery.[3]

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 1903–04[7] First Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
1904–05[8] 9 0 0 0 9 0
Total 12 0 0 0 12 0
Newcastle United 1905–06[9] First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 13 0 0 0 13 0

References[]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 253. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "The Yorkshire Regiment, WW1 Remembrance – Photos of Individuals". www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Lloyd, Chris. "'The finest type of Englishman'". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "1/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment". 4thyorkshires.com. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b Tom Rowlandson on Lives of the First World War
  7. ^ "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Player Details | Thomas Sowerby "Tom" Rowlandson – toon1892". www.toon1892.com. Retrieved 31 December 2015.


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