Joe Carr | |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Q1 1919[1] Sheffield, England[1] |
Died |
(aged 21)[2] Dunkirk, France |
Joseph Carr (Q1 1919 – 31 May 1940) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Sheffield United.[1]
Personal life[]
On 16 October 1939, a month-and-a-half after the outbreak of the Second World War, Carr attested in the British Army.[3] Serving as a gunner in the Royal Artillery, he was killed during the Battle of Dunkirk on 31 May 1940.[2][4] He is buried at the Oostduinkerke War Cemetery.[2]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Sheffield United | 1937–38 | Second Division[1] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1938–39 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
1939–40 | First Division[1] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Career total | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Joe Carr at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Casualty Details: Joseph Carr". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2082344/.
- ↑ "Footballer Killed in Action". Gloucester Citizen. 7 June 1940. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000325/19400607/024/0002.
- ↑ Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. pp. 118. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4.
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