Jack Sheffield (footballer)

Jack Sheffield
Personal information
Full name John Davenport Sheffield[1]
Date of birth 1879
Place of birth Coalville, England
Date of death 13 March 1915 (aged 35–36)[2]
Place of death Pas-de-Calais, France[2]
Playing position Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Coalville Albion
Whitwick White Cross
Coalville Town
Coalville Wednesday
1902–1903 Burton United 12 (0)
Coalville Town
1904–1905 Leicester Fosse 2 (0)
Loughborough Corinthians
Ibstock Albion
Coalville Excelsior
Ibstock Albion
Coalville Wednesday
Coalville Town
Coalville Swifts
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

John Davenport "Jack" Sheffield (1879 – 13 March 1915) was an English amateur football outside right who played in the Football League for Burton United and Leicester Fosse.[1]

Personal life

Sheffield apprenticed as an architect and surveyor and as of 1911 was assisting his family in the running of the Railway Hotel, Coalville.[3][4] He volunteered to serve in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment during the Second Boer War and later rejoined the regiment soon after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.[5] Sheffield was killed on the final day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on 13 March 1915 and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.[5][2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester Fosse 1904–05[6] Second Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 2 0 0 0 2 0

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 262. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Have you a Tiger in your family? | Royal Leicestershire Regiment Online Archive | RLR". www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription". search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 Hutchinson, John. "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part Six". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Jack Sheffield | Leicester City career stats – FoxesHistory". 11 May 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.


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