Larrett Roebuck
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 January 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Jump, South Yorkshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 18 October 1914 (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | Beaucamps-Ligny, France | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1914 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Larrett Roebuck (27 January 1889 – 18 October 1914) was an English professional footballer who played for Huddersfield Town as a left back.[1]
He was a British Army lance corporal who was killed in action during World War I in 1914. He was the first player from the English Football League to be killed in the First World War.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Ian Thomas & others (2007). 99 Years & Counting - Stats & Stories - Huddersfield Town History. Huddersfield Town Football Club. ISBN 0-9557281-0-X.
- ↑ "First League player killed in the First World War". When Saturday Comes. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-people/brothers-arms/3996-larrett-roebuck-the-first-footballer-in-the-english-football-league-to-be-killed-in-the-great-war.html
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