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Tommy Asnip
Personal information
Full name Thomas Asnip[1]
Date of birth (1883-02-18)18 February 1883
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 24 July 1918(1918-07-24) (aged 35)[2]
Place of death West Flanders, Belgium[2]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
St Catherines (Lincoln)
1904 Lincoln City 1 (0)
Adelaide Park
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Asnip (18 February 1883 – 24 July 1918) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Lincoln City as an outside forward.[1][3]

Personal life

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Asnip served in the Royal Lincolnshire and North Staffordshire Regiments during the First World War and was serving as a lance sergeant when he was killed in West Flanders on 24 July 1918.[4] He is buried in No. 10 Cemetery in Loker.[2]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lincoln City 1904–05[5] Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

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  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 12. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. ^ Gary (20 November 2017). "World War One Imps". The Stacey West. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Thomas Asnip | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. ^ Vickers, John. "Thomas Asnip". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2017.