Dick Wynn

Dick Wynn
Personal information
Full name Richard Cross Wynn[1]
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Walton, England
Date of death 9 August 1919 (aged 26–27)[2]
Place of death Étaples, France[3]
Playing position Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Chester
1914–1915 Middlesbrough 7 (1)
1915–1918 → Brentford (guest) 22 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Richard Cross Wynn (1892–9 August 1919) was an English professional football outside left who appeared in the Football League for Middlesbrough.[1] He guested for Brentford during the First World War.[4][5]

Personal life

Wynn served as a sergeant in the Yorkshire Regiment and the Labour Corps during the First World War and died 9 months after the armistice,[6] following an operation on his war wounds.[3] He was buried in Étaples Military Cemetery.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough 1913–14[7] First Division 2 1 0 0 2 1
1914–15[7] 5 0 0 0 5 0
Career total 7 1 0 0 7 1

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 321. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Boro Remember Fallen Heroes". www.mfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Bees Review: Brentford Official Matchday Programme vs Hull City 03/11/15. Milton Keynes: Regal Sports Press. 2015. p. 67.
  5. ↑ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–365. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. ↑ "The Yorkshire Regiment War Graves". www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Richard Wynn". 11v11.com. Retrieved 1 June 2017.


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