Fred Waterson

Fred Waterson
Personal information
Full name Frederick Waterson[1]
Date of birth 1877
Place of birth Burton upon Trent, England
Date of death 12 October 1918 (aged 41)[2]
Place of death Nord, France
Playing position Right half, centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1896–1902 Burton Swifts 103 (2)
1902–1903 Burton United 62 (1)
1903–1909 Fulham 2 (0)
1909–1910 Doncaster Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Frederick Waterson (1877 – 12 October 1918) was an English professional football right half who made over 160 appearances in the Football League for Burton Swifts and Burton United.[1]

Personal life

After his retirement from professional football, Waterson worked at Doncaster Works.[3] During the First World War he enlisted in the King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry).[3] He subsequently transferred to the Durham Light Infantry and was serving as a corporal when he was wounded on the Western Front during the Hundred Days Offensive in October 1918.[3] Waterson died at a Casualty Clearing Station near Hazebrouck, France on 12 October 1918, just under a month before the Armistice.[3] He was buried in La Kreule Military Cemetery, near Hazebrouck.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 302. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 "Commonwealth War Graves Commission". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Fred Waterson – Football and the First World War". Retrieved 1 October 2016.


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