Tom Rowlandson
| 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 "Tom" 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]
References
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 253. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
- 1 2 3 4 "'The finest type of Englishman'". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
- ↑ "Player Details | Thomas Sowerby "Tom" Rowlandson - toon1892". www.toon1892.com. Retrieved 2015-12-31.