Tom Rowlandson

Tom Rowlandson
Rowlandson while with Old Carthusians in 1903
Personal information
Full name Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson[1]
Date of birth 1880
Place of birth Newton Morrell, England
Date of death 15 September 1916 (aged 36)[2]
Place of death Somme, France[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cambridge University
Corinthian
1902 Preston North End 0 (0)
1903–1904 Sunderland 7 (0)
Corinthian
1905 Newcastle United 1 (0)
Corinthian
Old Carthusians
Corinthian
Darlington
National team
1906 England Amateurs 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson MC (1880 – 15 September 1916) was an English amateur football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for Sunderland and Newcastle United.[1] He represented the England amateur national team.[3]

Personal life

Rowlandson attended Charterhouse School and was a Cambridge University blue.[3][4] After the breakout of the First World War in August 1914, he joined the British Army and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Regiment.[2] By April 1915 he was in Belgium, fighting in the Second Battle of Ypres.[3] By 1 January 1916, he had been promoted to captain, mentioned in dispatches and won the Military Cross.[3] Rowlandson was killed by a German grenade on 15 September 1916, during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette.[2] He is buried at Bécourt Military Cemetery in Bécordel-Bécourt.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 1903–04[5] Football League First Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
1904–05[6] 9 0 0 0 9 0
Total 12 0 0 0 12 0
Newcastle United 1905–06[4] Football League First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 13 0 0 0 13 0

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 253. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Lloyd, Chris. "'The finest type of Englishman'". The Northern Echo. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Player Details | Thomas Sowerby "Tom" Rowlandson – toon1892". www.toon1892.com. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2017.


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