Harry Fletcher (Scottish footballer)
Harry Mungles Fletcher (4 September 1879 – 7 June 1917) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as a full back.[4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harry Mungles Fletcher[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1879[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Kilmarnock, Scotland[2] | ||
| Date of death | 7 June 1917 (aged 37)[3] | ||
| Place of death | Zillebeke, Belgium[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1902–1910 | Queen's Park | 20 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
Fletcher attended Glasgow University and worked as a geography teacher at North Kelvinside Higher Grade School and at John Neilson Institution.[1][5] He served in the Royal Field Artillery and the Royal Horse Artillery during the First World War and was wounded at the Battle of the Somme.[5][6] Fletcher was holding the rank of second lieutenant when he was killed by shellfire at Zillebeke on 7 June 1917.[1][3] He was buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Cemetery.[3]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Queen's Park | 1902–03[4] | Scottish First Division | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1906–07[4] | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1907–08[4] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1908–09[4] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1909–10[4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
References
- Smith, James Meikle. "Paisley's Fallen in the War 1914–18" (PDF). p. 90. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – Update On Some Of The 234 Queen's Park Men Now Known To Have Served" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017" (PDF). p. 10. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- Harry Fletcher on Lives of the First World War
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