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) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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[edit]
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 Leicestershire Regiment (later 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 while serving with his regiment's 1st Battalion 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ 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
- Men's association football fullbacks
- English men's footballers
- Southern Football League players
- Brentford F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Leicestershire Regiment soldiers
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- Burials in Belgium
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