Henry Cook (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1893[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 9 January 1917 (aged 23–24)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Maurepas, France[2] | ||
| Playing position | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| South Bank | |||
| 1912–1915 | Middlesbrough | 23 | (0) |
| 1915–1916 | → Brentford (guest) | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Henry Cook (1893 – 9 January 1917), sometimes known as Harry Cook, was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Middlesbrough.[1] He also played for South Bank and appeared as a guest for Brentford during the First World War.[3]
Personal life
Prior to becoming a professional footballer, Cook was a teacher at Marton Road School and North Ormesby Junior Boys' School in Middlesbrough and had a wife and two children.[4][5] During the First Word War he served as a sergeant in the 12th (Service) Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment, known as the Teeside Pioneers.[4] He was wounded in early January 1917 while the battalion was engaged in road works in the vicinity of Maurepas, Somme.[2] He died of his wounds of 9 January 1917 and is buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Méaulte.[4] At the time of his death, Cook had been accepted for a commission and would have returned to England three days later to begin officer training.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 64. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 http://www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/pdf-files/bob%20coulson/mbro-war-memorial-c.pdf
- ↑ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 363. ISBN 0951526200.
- 1 2 3 Bell, Graham. "Boro War Heroes on TV". www.mfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
- 1 2 Menzies, Paul (2014). Great War Britain Middlesbrough: Remembering 1914-18. The History Press. ISBN 0752499718.