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Harry Fletcher
Personal information
Full name Harry Mungles Fletcher[1]
Date of birth 4 September 1879[2]
Place of birth Kilmarnock, Scotland[2]
Date of death 7 June 1917(1917-06-07) (aged 37)[3]
Place of death Zillebeke, Belgium[1]
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1910 Queen's Park 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Mungles Fletcher (4 September 1879 – 7 June 1917) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as a full back.[4]

Personal life

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Fletcher attended Glasgow University and worked as a geography teacher at North Kelvinside Higher Grade School and at John Neilson Institution.[1][5] He served in the Royal Field Artillery and the Royal Horse Artillery during the First World War and was wounded at the Battle of the Somme.[5][6] Fletcher was holding the rank of second lieutenant when he was killed by shellfire at Zillebeke on 7 June 1917.[1][3] He was buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Cemetery.[3]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Queen's Park 1902–03[4] Scottish First Division 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
1906–07[4] 7 0 1 0 1[a] 0 9 0
1907–08[4] 6 0 0 0 2[a] 0 8 0
1908–09[4] 2 0 0 0 1[a] 0 3 0
1909–10[4] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 20 0 2 0 4 0 26 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Smith, James Meikle. "Paisley's Fallen in the War 1914–18" (PDF). p. 90. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – Update On Some Of The 234 Queen's Park Men Now Known To Have Served" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017" (PDF). p. 10. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  6. ^ Harry Fletcher on Lives of the First World War


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