Vivian Simpson (footballer)

Vivian Simpson
Personal information
Full name Vivian Sumner Simpson[1]
Date of birth 1883
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 13 April 1918 (aged 34–35)[2]
Place of death Outtersteene, France[2]
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sheffield
1901–1906 The Wednesday 30 (8)
Sheffield
1907 Norwich City
Northern Nomads
Sheffield
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Vivian Sumner Simpson MC (1883 – 13 April 1918) was an English amateur football forward who played in the Football League for The Wednesday.[1]

Personal life

Simpson attended Wesley College, Sheffield and later worked for his father.[3] He served in the York and Lancaster Regiment during the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross and mentioned in dispatches in September 1917 for leading part of an attack on a German trench and organising the consolidation of the position.[4][5] Between November 1916 and February 1917, Simpson was promoted from a temporary second lieutenant to acting captain while commanding his company.[6][7] He was promoted to acting captain and to command his company again in April 1917.[8] In September 1917, Simpson was invalided back to Britain after suffering wounds and was posted to a role training junior officers in Sunderland.[3] He later returned to the front and was killed by a sniper on 13 April 1918 in Outtersteene, France.[4] He was buried in Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension.[2]

Honours

Sheffield

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
The Wednesday 1901–02[9] Football League First Division 5 2 0 0 5 2
1902–03[9] 3 0 0 0 3 0
1903–04[9] 7 2 5 3 12 5
1904–05[9] 6 2 0 0 6 2
1905–06[9] 1 0 0 0 1 0
1906–07[9] 8 2 3 0 11 2
Career total 30 8 8 3 38 11

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 265. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Former Sheffield Wednesday star and war hero's medals up for auction". www.thestar.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Remembering Vivian Simpson | Sheffield FC". www.sheffieldfc.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Page 9583 – Supplement 30287, 14 September 1917 – London Gazette – The Gazette". Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Page 813 – Supplement 29910, 19 January 1917 – London Gazette – The Gazette". Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Page 5078 – Supplement 30090, 22 May 1917 – London Gazette – The Gazette". Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Page 6035 – Supplement 30136, 15 June 1917 – London Gazette – The Gazette". Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Vivien Simpson". www.adrianbullock.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.


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