Henry Littlewort
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| Full name | Henry Charles Littlewort[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1882 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Elmsett, England | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 November 1934 (aged 52) | |||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (1.82 m)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Wing half | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| West Norwood | ||||||||||||||
| 1906–1907 | Crystal Palace | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| West Norwood | ||||||||||||||
| 1908 | Fulham | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Shepherd's Bush | ||||||||||||||
| West Norwood | ||||||||||||||
| 1909–1913 | Glossop | 73 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1919 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1911–1913 | England Amateurs | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1912 | Great Britain | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
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Henry Charles Littlewort (7 July 1882 – 21 November 1934) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[3]
He was part of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played all three matches.[4]
Littlewort played one match for Crystal Palace on 19 January 1907. Littlewort played as a centre half in the away match against Fulham which Palace lost 2–1.[5]
Personal life
Littlewort served as a sergeant in the Royal Fusiliers during the First World War.[6]
References
- ^ Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 176. ISBN 9781905891610.
- ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Fulham". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Henry Littlewort". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ King, Ian (2012). Crystal Palace: The Complete Record 1905–2011. Derby Books Publishing Company Limited. ISBN 978-1-78091-221-9.
- ^ "Henry Charles Littlewort | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
External links
- Henry Littlewort at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Henry Littlewort at WorldFootball.net
- Henry Littlewort at kicker (in German)
- Henry Littlewort at Olympedia