Sam Lyon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Lyon[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 November 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Prescot, England | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 1916 (aged 25)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Somme, France | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Prescot | |||
| 1912–1914 | Hull City | 6 | (1) |
| 1914 | Barnsley | 8 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Samuel Lyon (20 November 1890 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional football centre forward who played in the Football League for Barnsley and Hull City.[1]
Personal life
Lyon served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and was killed on the first day on the Somme.[3] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[2]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barnsley | 1914–15[4] | Second Division | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Career total | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||
References
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 180. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 "Casualty". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ LTD, Digital Sports Group. "In Remembrance – Hull City Mad". www.hullcity-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ "Barnsley Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
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