Joseph Dines
Joseph Frank Dines (12 April 1886 – 27 September 1918) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 April 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | King's Lynn, England | ||
| Date of death | 27 September 1918 (aged 32) | ||
| Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| Playing position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Lynn All Saints | |||
| Lynn United | |||
| 1904–1910 | Lynn Town | ||
| → Norwich City (guest) | |||
| → Woolwich Arsenal (guest) | |||
| → Queens Park Rangers (guest) | |||
| 1910–1912 | Ilford | ||
| 1912 | Liverpool | 1 | (0) |
| Ilford | |||
| Walthamstow Avenue | |||
| Millwall | |||
| Lynn Town | |||
| National team | |||
| England amateur | 27 | (0) | |
| 1912 | Great Britain | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's football | ||
Representing  | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1912 Stockholm | Team competition |
He represented Great Britain as part of the England national amateur football team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament.[1] He played all three matches.
Dines was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, where he worked as a school teacher alongside playing local football in the town.[2] He is listed in the 1901 census as a National Schools' Monitor.[3] Dines later moved to the Ilford/South Woodford area, playing for local non-league club Ilford. Dines resisted attempts to become a professional, however played for Liverpool, Walthamstow Avenue and Millwall, as well as featuring for Norwich City and Woolwich Arsenal's reserves during his time at Lynn Town.[4] During the First World War, he served in the Army Ordnance Corps, the Middlesex Regiment, the Machine Gun Corps and latterly as a second-lieutenant in the King's Liverpool Regiment.[2] He was killed, aged 31, in Pas-de-Calais on the Western Front, He is buried in Hagnicourt.[5]
References
- "Joseph Dines". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- Lakey, Chris. "Norwich City's true heroes: the players who gave their lives in the First World War". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- 1901 census – 4 Whitefriars Terrace, South Lynn, Norfolk
- "Joe Dines". Blue & Gold Supporters Trust. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
